Register for OpticalCEUs 15th Annual Continuing Education Seminar for Opticians

Need to renew your state license and ABO/NCLE certification? You can with the best value in continuing education - a full-day, 7-credit program from F.E. Enterprises.
Pick up the latest ideas in the field - from preserving vision health to new contact lens applications.  The seven courses at the GRAND PEQUOT BALLROOM, Foxwoods Resort and Casino on Sunday, November 2 will help you:

• Advise your patients about protecting their night vision
  
• Provide top-notch patient care with an analysis of daily disposable contact lenses
  
• Expand your knowledge of vision, spectacle and contact lenses

Register now to earn accreditation and some Foxwoods fun (http://www.opticalceu.com/RegisterNowFall2014.html)! You can sign up for a full day (7 credits) for only $135; morning only for $90; and afternoon only for $100. You can also custom design your program from the following:

• The Full Spectrum of Prism Speaker: Deborah Kotob  (1 ABO pending) 9am-10am – NEW!
  
• Night Vision Speaker:  Deborah Kotob (1 NCLE) 10am-11am – NEW!
  
• Contact Lenses on the Job Speaker: Linda Conlin (1 NCLE) 11am-Noon
  
• Day By Day Speaker: Joe Forte (1 NCLE) 1pm-2pm – NEW!
  
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lenses, But Were Afraid to Ask Speaker:  Joe Forte (1 ABO) 2pm-3pm – NEW!
  
• Score with Contact Lenses for Sports Speaker:  Linda Conlin (1 NCLE) 3pm-4pm
  
• Reflecting on Refraction Speaker:  Joe Forte (1 ABO) 4pm-5pm – NEW!
  
  

Our LecturersFor 15 years Linda Conlin, an NAO Fellow Ambassador, has provided continuing education and training for opticians at the state and national level. She is ABO and NCLE certified, licensed in CT, MA and RI, and has written for 20/20 and EyeWitness magazines. She is a speaker at OptiCon as well as an active participant in other areas serving opticians.
Deborah Kotob, the ECP Education Facilitator for Vision-Ease, creates and presents ABO, NCLE and JCAHPO seminars related to optics and best practices. A Massachusetts-licensed optician, she has owned two optical businesses and was a sales representative for MODO and Luxottica. Deborah has achieved ABOM and NCLE certifications. She will be lecturing at Vision Expo West 2014.
Joe Forte, the director of contact lens services for Greenwich Ophthalmology Associates, lectured at CUNY Tech, Vision Expo and Optifair. He was program director of the Interboro Institute College of Opticianry where he taught courses in various areas of contact lenses and optics.
DirectionsFoxwoods is located at 350 Trolley Line Blvd., Mashantucket, CT 06338, on Route 2 between I-395 and I-95. Click this link for the directions provided by the hotel. Valet parking is free. For accommodations, call Foxwoods at 1-800 PLAY BIG. Overnight reservations are not associated with the seminar.

Mia Hamm Promoting Copperton Polarized Lenses by Vision-Ease

"Elite soccer star, Olympian and mom Mia Hamm is helping Vision-Ease Lens score with consumers as the new face of Coppertone Polarized Lenses," according to the post on Midwest Lens. "The lens manufacturer inked an endorsement contract with the U.S. soccer legend to represent this premier line of sun lenses. The endorsement signals a breakaway for Vision-Ease Lens, as it reinvests in the Coppertone Polarized Lenses brand and strengthens marketing efforts focused directly on the consumer. Hamm will participate in various Vision-Ease Lens events throughout the year, and be featured on all consumer-facing brand materials, including video." Read more.

This past Sunday, Deborah Kotab of Vision-Ease Lens spoke at OpticalCEUs seminar for opticians at Foxwoods.

Reservations Moving Fast for OpticalCEUs Fall 2013 Conference

"Reservations for our fall conference are coming in quickly," notes Linda Conlin, founder of the OpticalCEUs continuing education program for opticians. The program permits licensed opticians to renew their licenses and receive the ABO/NCLE certificationi with a7-credit program from F.E. Enterprises at the Grand Pequot Ballroom, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, CT on Sunday, October 20. Participants can register for the conference by clicking this link.

The seminars include the following:

1. The Miracle of Sight and How to Preserve It Speaker: Deborah Kotob (2 ABO) 9am-11am NEW!
2. Grading Contact Lens Complications Speaker: Linda Conlin (1 NCLE) 11am-Noon
3. Fitting Irregular Corneas Speaker: Joe Forte (1NCLE) 1 pm-2 pm NEW!
4. Beam Me Up! Understanding the Slit Lamp Speaker: Linda Conlin (1 NCLE) 2 pm-3 pm NEW!
5. Diseases of the Eye Speaker: Joe Forte (1 ABO) 3pm-4pm NEW!
6. Augmented Reality Contact Lenses Speaker: Linda Conlin (1 NCLE) 4 pm-5pm

For more information about the conference, send an email to F.E.Enterprises@OpticalCEU.com.

In addition, speakers for the conference have achieved several milestones in the past six months.

ABO/NCLE (American Board of Opticianry/National Contact Lens Examiners) has approved OpticalCEUs speaker Joe Forte as an Advanced, Level III speaker for ABO/NCLE courses. Level III speakers can give level I, II or III courses.

Earlier this year, Deborah Kotob, a sales consultant for Vision-Ease and an OpticalCEUs speaker, received an ABO Advanced Certification. According to ABO/NCLE, “the Advanced Certification designation, ABOC-AC is earned only after a practitioner has attained several years experience, completes a prescribed curriculum of advanced education, and achieves a passing score on the rigorous examination."

At the same time, Linda Conlin, founder of OpticalCEUs and a speaker at all the conferences, was recognized by the NAO. "In this issue, we are choosing to use this space to highlight a particularly amazing [NAO] ambassador" Linda Conlin. That's the start of an article (page 16) in this month's Vision of the Industry, the official publication of the National Academy of Opticianry.