THE STUDT FOUNDATION
Presents it's 173rd Practicum on
Neuro / Behavioral / Developmental Optometry / Vision Therapy
Sunday February 21, 2027
The Power of Where:
Seeing Space, Changing Lives Through Visual-Spatial Processing and Building Great Teams
Nancy Torgerson, OD, FOVDRA
Lisa Beals, BS, COVT
How we experience where we are in space shapes far more than we may realize. Visual-spatial processing provides essential scaffolding for how we move, learn, adapt, connect, and interact with the world around us. Whether working with people with traumatic brain injury, strabismus, binocular vision dysfunction, or learning-related vision challenges, the diagnosis is only part of the story.
The deeper question is: How is this person experiencing space? Come experience visual-spatial processing from the inside out. Through interactive demonstrations, clinical insights, patient stories, and practical vision therapy applications, we will explore how understanding a person’s experience of space can open new possibilities to improve function, unlock potential, and create meaningful change.
Then we will take the concept of “where” in another direction—toward ourselves and the teams we build. Just as every pathway in the visual system contributes something essential, every person on a great team brings something uniquely valuable. Using the Six Types of Working Genius, we will explore what happens when people understand their natural gifts, appreciate the gifts of others, and discover where they fit and thrive. Because whether we are helping patients discover where they are in space or helping team members discover where they thrive, understanding “where” can change everything.
Nancy Torgerson, OD, FOVDRA
Fluent in compassion and enthusiasm, highly educated and credentialed, Nancy Torgerson—known to many as “Dr. T”—is a modern-day visionary, an international speaker, and the recipient of numerous professional awards.
The vision therapy center she founded incorporated leading-edge science with a deeply personal approach to care. Dr. T can attest firsthand to the power of vision therapy, having experienced remarkable results as a patient herself and having witnessed thousands of patients discover and pursue their newly perceived potential. Equally comfortable and competent in her roles as mom, doctor, adjunct professor, founder, and business owner, decades of growth and experience led her to create and co-author The Essential Playbook: How to Maximize Outcomes in Optometric Vision Therapy, sharing the clinical and team-building gems of her work with other practitioners. Now Owner Emeritus of Alderwood Vision Therapy, Dr. T is embracing her “rewirement” through speaking, coaching, and mentoring doctors and teams. She attributes much of her success to the support, creativity, and thoughtfulness of her husband of more than 40 years. Nancy and Goffe live, love, and thrive in the Pacific Northwest.
Lisa Beals, BS, COVT
With 23 years of clinical experience, Lisa Beals is a certified optometric vision therapist, trainer, and therapy consultant specializing in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and strabismus rehabilitation.
Holding degrees in psychology and education with a background in child development, she discovered her passion for vision therapy under the employment and mentorship of Dr. Nancy Torgerson. Throughout her distinguished career spanning the Greater Seattle area and West Michigan, for the last several years she has had the privilege of working as a senior therapist, clinical trainer and satellite office manager in the Seattle area under Dr. Torgerson.
Continuing Education Credit: 5 Hours
| Date/Time/Location: | SUNDAY September 21, 2027 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Western University College of Optometry; HEC Lecture Hall |
| Fees: | Professionals/Optometrists: $50.00 Vision/Occupational/Physical Therapists: $35.00 Students: $15.00 |
| Registration: | Register Here |
The Studt Foundation VT lectures are designed to provide broader insight and practical knowledge within the area of behavioral vision care. The goal of the foundation is to present optometric students and practitioners with a more in-depth appreciation of the significance of vision therapy's role in serving the community's vision care needs in a full scope optometric practice.
Implementing behavioral vision care into one's practice provides yet another effective treatment modality in addressing the visual problems that are common in today's highly visual work environment.
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