Register Today for OpticalCEUs Continuing Education Program for Opticians

Need to renew your state license and ABO/NCLE certification? Want the best value in continuing education? Need a full-day, 7-credit program? F.E. Enterprises’ OpticalCEUs has what you want and need!
Pick up the latest ideas in the field - from lens technology to reduce blue light exposure to contact lens fitting for irregular corneas. Earn your ABO/NCLE credits with 7 courses at the GRAND PEQUOT BALLROOM, Foxwoods Resort and Casino on Sunday, October 23rd.
They’ll help you: Advise your patients about the effects of blue light exposure Provide top-notch patient care with new technology for managing ocular allergies Expand your knowledge of contact lens materials, treatments and their applications As always, conference attendees can enjoy a delicious hot buffet lunch compliments of OpticalCEUs. Online registration or registration by phone or mail opens Monday, Aug. 29th. Register now! Earn accreditation! Have some Foxwoods fun!

Morning Sessions

Afternoon Sessions


___ Just the Blue Light Facts, Ma’am! Speaker: Deborah Kotob (1 ABO) 9am-10am – NEW!




___ Become a Contact Lens Fitter Speaker: Joe Forte (1 NCLE) 1pm-2pm – NEW!


___ Lensology – Lens Basics Review Speaker: Deborah Kotob (2 ABO) 10am-Noon – NEW!




___ A New Approach to Fitting Irregular Corneas Speaker: Joe Forte (1 NCLE) 2pm-3pm – NEW!





___ Contact Lenses – How We Got Here From There Speaker: Linda Conlin (1 NCLE) 3pm-4pm – NEW!








___ Managing Ocular Allergies Speaker: Joe Forte (1 NCLE) 4pm-5pm





Our Lecturers
Accredited lecturers Linda Conlin, Deborah Kotob of Vision-Ease and Joe Forte will present seven courses enabling you to earn ABO/NCLE credits.

For over 15 years Linda, an Adjunct Instructor with the Goodwin College Ophthalmic Sciences program, has provided continuing education and training for opticians at the state and national levels. She is ABO and NCLE certified, licensed in CT, MA and RI, and has written for 20/20 and EyeWitness magazines. She founded OpticalCEUs and launched OpticalCEU.com and Optical News from OpticalCEUs news blog for opticians.

Deborah, 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.

Joe, the director of contact lens services for Greenwich Ophthalmology Associates, lectured at CUNY Tech, Vision Expo and Optifair. He recently received his NCLE Masters Certificate. He is certified as an Advanced Level speaker, and was program director of the Interboro Institute College of Opticianry where he taught courses in various areas of contact lenses and optics. Joe has been a Fellow of the CLSA since 1992.

The Evolution of Treating Patients With Irregular Corneas

Sixty years before Adolf Fick and Edouard Kalt developed the first actual contact lenses in 1887, Sir John Herschel postulated that a primitive contact lens could treat irregular corneas if it was ground to the surface shape of the cornea.

“Should any very bad cases of irregular cornea be found, it is worthy of consideration whether at least a temporary distinct vision could not be procured by applying in contact with the surface of the eye some transparent animal jelly contained in a spherical capsule of glass, or whether an actual mold of the cornea might not be taken and impressed on some transparent medium,” he wrote in an 1827 publication of Journal Light.

Sir John Herschel got the idea for treating patients with irregular corneas right, but the execution evolved significantly in the following two centuries, much to patients’ delight. Now instead of spherical glass with animal jelly or even rigid lenses, soft contact lenses are often available for patients with certain irregular corneal conditions.

Some mystery still surrounds irregular corneas, though, mainly how they develop. It’s known that disease (such as keratoconus) and injury (including mistakes during LASIK surgery) cause irregular corneas, but certain irregular corneal conditions don’t have a known cause. There is good news: “Almost any condition that causes an irregular corneal surface in the absence of any active infectious process can be helped optically and in many instances therapeutically by the application of some type of contact lens,” writes Barry Weiner, O.D.

Considering that corneas account for two-thirds of the refractive power of the eye, patients might be understandably nervous when diagnosed with an irregular cornea. Fortunately, modern medicine can provide comfortable, effective treatments, but it all starts with a proper fit.

On Sunday, April 6 at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino, contact lens expert Joe Forte will help opticians fit patients who have irregular corneas with contact lenses at OpticalCEUs continuing education seminar for opticians. He will also discuss different causes of irregular corneas and the type of contact lens best suited for each condition. At the conference, you’ll learn:

• About corneal topography for each type of irregularity,
• How to fit the latest soft and rigid contact lens designs for irregular corneas, and
• Troubleshooting techniques for contact lenses fit to irregular cornea.

Want the best value for ABO/NCLE credits? Sign up to here Joe and other great speakers today!