Fall 2015 Perspectives

16 • NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Students and faculty members from NSU’s College of Health Care Sciences and College of Optometry recently returned from the Fourth Annual Leadership Ireland trip. Several NSU faculty members served as presenters during a daylong workshop focusing on visual impairment and autism at ChildVision, the National Education Centre for Blind Children in Dublin, Ireland. In addition, several faculty members traveled throughout the country to meet with parents on a respite weekend, as well as to assess children in the satellite location of ChildVision located in County Cork. Students met with the center’s administrators, as well as with therapists and orientation and mobility instructors, during their weeklong stay. The students also kept a journal about their leadership experiences and discussed future develop- ment opportunities at the center. n Occupational Therapy FORT LAUDERDALE Ireland Trip Provides Eye-Opening Insights Interprofessional Excursion—(from left) Leadership Ireland participants Nicole Patterson, O.D.; Stacey Coulter, O.D.; Adrienne Lauer, Ed.D., OTR/L; Madeliene Marianacci, M.O.T. student; Jenna Knudtson, M.O.T. student; Kristin Winston, Ph.D., OTR/L; Jill Zongolowitz, M.O.T. student; Emma Vandenburg, M.O.T. student; Stephanie Palazzolo, M.O.T. student; and Katie Sipula, Florida State University orientation and mobility student.