Preface

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Contributors

xi

1

The Life Cycle Approach co Care   Glen T. Steele, Dominick M. Maino

1

2

Genetics   Charles G. Connor

11

3

Cerebral Palsy   Marc B. Taub, Ashley S. Reddell

21

4

Down Syndrome   J. Margaret Woodhouse, Dominick M. Maino

31

5

Fragile X Syndrome   Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Dominick M. Maino

41

6

Intellectual Disability of Unknown Etiology   Karen A. Kehbein, Marc B. Taub

49

7

Oculovisual Abnormalities Associated with Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorders   Daniel E. Smith

57

8

Autism   Rachel Anastasia Coulter

69

9

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)   Mary Bartuccio, R. Terry Browning, Angela C. Howell

85

10

Acquired Brain Injury   Kenneth J. Ciuffreda, Neera Kapoor

95

11

Learning Disabilities   Garth N. Christenson, Eric Borsting

101

12

Psychiatric Illness and Associated Oculovisual Anomalies   Pamela H. Schnell, Dominick M. Maino, Robert C. Jespersen

111

13

The Visual System in Neurodegenerative Disease   Denise A. Valenti

125

14

Vision Impairment and Brain Damage   Barry S. Kran, D. Luisa Mayer

135

15

Vision Screening   Mary Bartuccio, Nadine Girgis

147

16

Comprehensive Examination Procedures   Marc B. Taub

155

17

Diagnosis and Management of Refractive Error   James M. Newman

185

18

Diagnosis and Treatment of Oculomotor Dysfunction   Paul Harris

195

19

Diagnosis and Treatment of Binocular Vision and Accommodative Disorders   Erin Jenewein, Kelly Meehan

207

20

Diagnosis and Treatment of Strabismus and Amblyopia   Yin C. Tea, Jacqueline Rodena

217

21

Diagnosis and Treatment of Vision Information Processing Disorders   Deborah M. Amster

233

22

Diagnosis and Treatment of Commonly Diagnosed Ocular Health Anomalies   William Kress, Andrew Rixon, John Neal

243

23

Special Assessment Procedures   Scott B. Steinman, Maryke Nijhuis Neiberg

259

24

Neuroplasticity   Dominick M. Maino, Robert Donati. Yi Pang, Stephen Viola, Susan R. Barry

275

25

Optometric Management of Functional Vision Disorders   Samantha Slotnick, Curt Baxstrom, Jason Clopton

289

26

Complementary and Alternative Approaches   Patricia S. Lemer

329

27

Technology for Rehabilitation, Treatment, and Enhancement   Sidney Groffman, Jeffrey Cooper, Paul Harris, Marc B. Taub

339

28

The Multidisciplinary Approach   Danielle L. Hinton, Deborah S. Hoffnung, Elizabeth Bishop, F. Fred Hidaji, Glenda Brooks, Julie S. Marshall, Marc B. Taub, Monika Kolwaite, Orli Weisser-Pike, Pamela J. Compart, Robin D. Lewis, Robert Hohendorf

361

29

Disabilities and the Education System   David A. Damari

383

30

The Optometric Practice   Jason Clopton, Dan Fortenbacher, Bradley Habermehl

389

31

The Process of Communication   Leonard J. Press, Nancy Torgerson

407

Index

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