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Presenter: Diane F. Drake, LDO, ABOM, NCLEM, FNAO This course will present information including splitting prism, compounding prism, prism notation, resultant prism, and resolving prism. An understanding of basic prism would be helpful for the learner to comprehend the more advanced knowledge in this course. This course will be a more advanced level regarding prism.

Presenter: Diane F. Drake, LDO, ABOM, NCLEM, FNAO Course Description: This course will include unwanted prism, prism by decentration, Prentice’s Rule, prism imbalance and finding the power of a lens in any meridian.

Presenter: Diane F. Drake, LDO, ABOM, NCLEM, FNAO Are lenses prisms? This course will explain prism and the effect of prism both wanted and unwanted. Information included will be how lenses work and why prism occurs. Discussion will include some specialty uses of prism.

Presenter: Thomas R. Neff, MA, LDO, ABO-AC, NCLE-AC – Faculty, Hillsborough Community College This one-hour course will outline all of the aspects of the basic understanding of fitting and adjusting eyewear. This will included the fitting of various basic materials in eyewear. We will look at the importance of each adjustment

Presenter: Andrew S. Bruce, LDO, ABOM, NCLE-AC – Licensed Master Optician, Technical Education Consultant, Contact Lens Fitting Specialist, ASB Opticianry Education Services This course will provide an in-depth discussion on aniseikonia and its various types. The Problem: the ways in which it can be problematic and challenging for both the patient and the eye care professional will be explored. Some of the symptoms often experienced by those for whom ansiekonia becomes clinically significant will also be reviewed. Lens magnification and its influential factors will be examined, together with a step-by-step guide for handling the related calculations. Knapp's law will be discussed, together with its current significance in determining the best recommended treatment of aniseikonia.