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The Center for Visual Management |
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Melvin
Kaplan, O.D., F.C.O.V.D, is
the Director of The Center
for Visual Management. Dr.
Kaplan specializes in the
management of patients with
visual spatial learning differences
to include, but not limited,
to perceptual, psychological,
autistic, and traumatic brain
injury dysfunction. Dr.
Kaplan has been a Fellow
of the College of Optometrists
in Vision Development since
1977. He is now serving
as a consultant for Helen
Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw,
NY. Dr. Kaplan has
served as a clinical instructor
of behavioral sciences in
the Department of Psychiatry
at the New York Medical College,
Westchester, New York. He
has also served on the Advisory
Board of the Canadian Institute
for Neuro-Intergrative Development,
as a consultant for Gateway,
in British Columbia, Canada
and the Child Developmental
Clinic, in Hong Kong, China.
Dr.
Kaplan has been a principal
lecturer for Optometric audiences,
both in the United States
and abroad. He is also a
frequent lecturer at autistic
educational, psychological
and psychiatric conferences.
He has a significant body
of published research has
been on ambient lenses and
their role in the rehabilitation
of individuals who display
dysfunction in learning,
emotion and autistic spectrum
disorders.
His recently published book, Seeing Through New Eyes: Changing the Lives of Children with Autism, Aspergers Syndrome, and other Developmental Disabilities through Vision Therapy is now available for parents and professionals in the fields of autism, optometry and ophthalmology, psychology, education and occupational therapy who wish to explore a physiological model for managing the spectrum population |
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Barbara Kotsamanidis, MSE has been a visual therapy provider with The Center for Visual Management since 2003. She holds her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Pace University and a Masters in Science in Educational Psychology from Fordham University.
Her specialty is in Visual-Spatial Management, specifically treating patients with perceptual, developmental, emotional and learning differences. She additionally provides private testing and consultations in the following areas:
- K-12 vision screenings
- Visual-Motor & Sensory Development
- School-Readiness Testing
- Education & Educational Planning Development
- Functional Skills
These types of assessments have been designed to include:
* Developmental vision screenings to identify children with developmental delays or school difficulties
* Summative evaluations and therapeutic determinations
* Readiness tests to assess a child’s developmental achievement in specific skills before successfully transitioning into new learning environments
* Observational and performance assessments are on-going as to progress the child’s development
Developmental vision screening and assessments do not infer a diagnosis. Rather, they are an in-depth assessment of a child’s skills and performance, profiling areas of strengths and weaknesses. This information is then integrated into the child’s vision therapy management to direct their physiological system to an age-appropriate level therefore affecting the child’s academics, athletics, hyperactivity, everyday functions, and essentially self-esteem and overall stress/anxieties.
Please feel free to forward any questions to: bkotsamanidis@verizon.net
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