La Dra. Celia Hinrichs ha trabajado con niños y adultos con múltiples problemas, pacientes estrábicos complicados y pacientes con traumatismo craneoencefálico durante más de cuarenta años. Ha enseñado en la Clínica de Especialidades del Colegio de Optometría de Nueva Inglaterra, administró una consulta de optometría privada y ocupó puestos de docencia y personal de optometría en la Clínica de Baja Visión de Perkins. Durante más de veinte años, desarrolló su propia práctica donde realizaba terapia visual optométrica todos los días. De 1990 a 2017, la Dr. Hinrichs fue Optometrista responsable del “New England Center for Children”, una escuela dirigida a niños con autismo y dificultades conductuales significativas. Fue seleccionada como Presidenta de la Junta Examinadora Internacional del Colegio de Optometristas en Desarrollo de la Visión (COVD) de 2008 a 2011 y ganó el Premio del Presidente en 2011 por su trabajo. Estaba emocionada de completar su carrera clínica enseñando nuevamente en la Clínica de Especialidades NECO. A lo largo de su carrera, ha dado conferencias, enseñado y escrito sobre las necesidades de los pacientes con problemas múltiples, estrabismo complicado y traumatismo craneoencefálico. Recientemente, fue coautora de un capítulo en “Applied Concepts in Vision Therapy 2.0” sobre evaluación multisensorial en evaluación y tratamiento optométricos. Ella continúa desarrollando enfoques para permitir que las personas en estas poblaciones especiales usen sus habilidades visuales de manera más efectiva en la vida diaria y la educación.
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Dr. Celia Hinrichs has worked with children and adults with multiple issues, complicated strabismic patients, and head trauma patients for over forty years. She has taught at New England College of Optometry’s Specialty Clinic and in the classroom, managed a private practice in optometric vision rehabilitation, and held both teaching and staff optometry positions at the Perkins Low Vision Clinic. For more than twenty years, she developed her own practice where she did optometric vision therapy every day. From 1990-2017, Dr. Hinrichs was the staff optometrist for New England Center for Children, a school geared to children with significant behavioral difficulties and autism. She was selected as Chair of the International Exam Board for College of Optometrists in Vision Development from 2008 to 2011 and won the President’s Award in 2011 for her work. She was excited to complete her clinical career teaching again at NECO Specialty Clinic. Throughout her career, she has lectured, taught, and written on the needs of patients with multiple issues, complicated strabismus and head trauma. Recently she coauthored a chapter in Applied Concepts in Vision Therapy 2.0 on Multisensory Assessment in Optometric Evaluation and Treatment. She continues to develop approaches to allow individuals in these special populations to use their visual skills more effectively in daily living and education.
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Dr. Celia Hinrichs has worked with children and adults with multiple issues, complicated strabismic patients, and head trauma patients for over forty years. She has taught at New England College of Optometry’s Specialty Clinic and in the classroom, managed a private practice in optometric vision rehabilitation, and held both teaching and staff optometry positions at the Perkins Low Vision Clinic and New England Center for Autism. For more than twenty years, she developed her own practice where she did optometric vision therapy every day. She continues to develop approaches to allow individuals in these special populations to use their visual skills more effectively in daily living and education.
