For further information on OVT courses please see the course summaries at the bottom of this page (flyer for download as soon as available) or visit the individual course description page.
BABO Summer Meeting 2020
Date: 7th – 8th June 2020
Venue: Mercure Hotel, London Heathrow
Speaker: Richard Bruenech
BABO AGM and Conference 2020
in assossiation with AIO
Date: 10th – 11th October 2020
Venue: Chesford Grange, Kenilworth, Warwickshire
BABO Bite Size (Taster sessions) 2020
These events are ideal for anyone wanting to find out more about BABO and behavioural optometry or for those thinking of starting BABO’s courses.
If you are interested in attending or anyone you know maybe please contact admin. A light buffet will be provided. The evening is interactive and has two GOC CET points for optometrists and dispensing opticians who attend.
Interactive lecture. An introduction to the science and practice of Behavioural Optometry. 2 GOC CET points.
To book BABO Bitesize please call Lorraine on: 07443 569021 or email admin@babo.co.ukIf these dates don’t suit you, an online or a one to one Bitesize session is available.
More BABO Bitesize dates will be released later in the year
For Optometrists and Therapists with questions please find Behavioural Optometrists Group and BABO Therapists on Facebook. Request an invite to join.
OVT 1A and B – (4 day course)
Dates to be Confirmed
Course tutor: Caroline Hurst, BSc, FCOpto, FBABO
OVT1 is the first of five core courses for optometrists and therapists wishing to learn about Behavioural Optometry. Members who want to become BABO accredited will need to attend OVT1A and B, OVT2 and OVT3 as a minimum.
The combined course will cover behavioural philosophy, assessment and treatment of accommodation, convergence, fusional problems, eye movements as well as near point stress, four circles and near point retinoscopy . Plenty of time will be devoted to trying out treatment techniques and for discussions. Each delegate will receive a free starter kit of OVT equipment for the activities taught on the course.
Contact admin@babo.co.uk to register your interest in this course.
See flyer attached for more detail:
OVT 2 – Intermediate Optometric Vision Therapy (3 day course)
19th to 21st April 2020 – Postponed
Venue: Mercure Hotel, London Heathrow
For optometrists and therapists who have attended the BABO OVT1A & B courses (or equivalent)
We have put together the foundations of further understanding of the Behavioural approach to vision care and, at the same time, given sufficient practical clinical techniques to really develop your skills when treating patients. This course will improve your range and depth of understanding, and will demonstrate at least 25 OVT activities, including the appropriate loading for each patient. There will be enough flexibility in the course timings to enable the course to go at your own pace and to answer many of the questions you may have about how to apply the techniques, including case planning and programming and administration of therapy in practice.
Contact admin@babo.co.uk to register your interest in this course.
OVT3 – Vision and Learning (3 day course)
Dates to be Confirmed
Lead: Owen Leigh BSc, FCOptom, FBABO
This course is ideally suited to any practitioner with an interest in learning difficulties and who has some experience of behavioural optometry. The lead speaker, Owen Leigh, has enormous experience in this field and his practice in Hampshire has an international reputation for its work. Prior attendance at OVT1 and OVT2 courses is essential, and attendance for all three days of this course is mandatory. CET points available, and the course will attract BABO points.
The course will be a mix of didactic content, covering the basic theories of learning difficulties, the impact of visual problems on learning, and testing with vision therapy and practice management. It has been re-formatted to fit in with the guidelines for CET points. This makes it ideal for those who have taken OVT3 in the past to revisit the topics covered. A comprehensive manual and pen drive will be provided within the course fee.
The course will be interactive and because of this, numbers will be limited.
To register an interest in this course please contact admin@babo.co.uk
OVT4 – Strabismus and Amblyopia – Optometric Assessment & Treatment (3 day course)
Dates to be Confirmed
Lead: Dr Rob Lewis OD FCOVD
This course covers the practice, theory and criteria for success in treatment when treating a patient with strabismus or amblyopia.
Practical instruction of vision therapy techniques that integrate the theory with practice will be the heart of this course. Lens prescribing will be discussed in detail and Dr Lewis will use case histories from his own clinic to illustrate the important principles for effective lens prescribing. The format of this seminar has been reviewed with greater emphasis on therapy and will be of interest to those that have taken the course before as well as those new to the subject. Experienced participants will gain strong insights that allow them to meet the needs of their patients more effectively. This course is designed for the experienced BABO member who has studied OVT1, OVT2 & OVT3 and who has practised Optometric Vision Therapy with at least 50 patients. Those with less experience or studies should find the course fascinating, and useful, but should not expect to introduce this approach into their practice without considerable further studies in Behavioural Optometric Vision Therapy.
Contact admin@babo.co.uk to register your interest.
OVT5 – Motor Training within Optometric Vision Therapy (3 day course)
Dates to be confirmed
Lead: Caroline Hurst, BSc, FCOptom, FBABO
Movement, the visual process and the development of processing and perceptual skills are intrinsically linked in a continuous, cyclical process of making a motor action, processing and understanding the sensory input from that motor action, then with vision modifying the next motor action. This course will explore the development and learning of gross and fine motor skills together with primitive and postural reflex control of movements, and describe the impact of infantile reflexes upon visual process development. The infantile reflexes will be considered as part of the total visuo-motor development system, and the course will include the descriptions, actions and effects of primitive reflexes together with assessments and therapy activities to provide a methodical approach to testing and therapy activities.
For more information see; OVT5 Flyer 2019
To book and pay please go to: www.regonline.com/ovt5-2019
International and other providers dates:
November 2020 – BOAF, Netherlands
March 2021 – SIODEC Meeting, Grenada, Spain
August 25-28, 2022 ICBO Ottawa, Canada