behavioural optometry

behavioural optometry

A so-called holistic form of optometry which claims to improve vision by therapy, behavioural modification and ocular exercises, based in large part on AM Skeffington’s theories.
 
Three peer-reviewed publications tested patients and/or reviewed the field of behavioural optometry from the mid-1940s until 2008 and concluded that there was no compelling evidence to support the efficacy of the behavioural optometry.
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Professor Evans explained various approaches to dyslexia, including behavioural optometry, which took a detailed symptomatology and applied a holistic approach, looking at the child as a whole.
100% worth it: OT reports on the highlights from the AOP-organised education programme hosted at 100% Optical 2017
THIRD-YEAR optometry student at the University of Manchester, Kiran Bola (pictured), volunteered at the International Congress of Behavioural Optometry (ICBO) and has spoken about her experience.
Learning at conference
Introduction to Behavioural Optometry (OVTIa) course (www.
HOAC booking reminder
THE BRITISH Association of Behavioural Optometrists (BABO) was established in 1991 with the aim of educating UK practitioners about behavioural optometry.
Behaving potential: OT's Emily McCormick speaks to the chair of the British Association of Behavioural Optometrists (BABO), John Stevenson, about the association's past, present and future
HOSTED ONCE every four years, the 7th Internation Congress of Behavioural Optometry (ICBO) conference heads to the UK for the first time this year and will be held at Birmingham's Hilton Metropole on September 11-14.
ICBO in Birmingham
Mr Holland travelled extensively to the US and Australia, learning behavioural optometry and vision therapy techniques in order to better help children with specific learning difficulties.
Keith Holland tribute: OT remembers pioneering optometrist, Keith Holland, who died last month after a career devoted to improving children's eye care and establishing behavioural optometry in the UK
The consequence of this was that I ended up fitting specialised contact lenses and later moved into behavioural optometry.
Fifty years of independence: after 50 years in optics, independent optometrist Michael Blackstone (pictured) has certainly made a name for himself. OT's Nikki Withers heads to Beaconsfield to find out more
3-4 BABO, Quality Hotel, St Albans, Herts, Further Concepts in Behavioural Optometry Course OVT1B (www.
Conference for new optoms
Students got stuck into the practical workshops on toric contact lens fitting, experiments in behavioural optometry, ophthalmoscopy and OCT, and there was even a workshop from Lloyds TSB on how to write a business plan.
Snow and success for 2010 Eye Opener student conference: second-year Anglia Ruskin undergraduate, Julie Polczyk reports on this year's sold-out AOP event
Evans et al place great emphasis on RCTs, yet have ignored the RCTs that support the treatment of convergence insufficiency within Behavioural Optometry.
Other randomised controlled trials were ignored
The College of Optometrists commissioned a review of BO in 2000, which concluded that it was 'unlikely that, at present, behavioural optometry can satisfy evidence-based scrutiny; indeed there must be concern that groups of optometrists following idiosyncratic management strategies within areas traditionally associated with other professions might hinder the credibility and development of optometry as a whole'.
Optometric correlates of reading difficulties
I write with reference to the news snippet on Dr Brendan Barrett's Review of the Behavioural Optometry evidence base, as reported in OT (July 25).
Behavioural optometry clarification

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