A. M. Skeffington Explained
Arthur Marten Skeffington (1890 - 1976) was an American optometrist known to some as "the father of behavioral optometry".[1]
Notes and References
- Web site: Merrill D. Bouwan. Integrating Vision with Other Senses. Neurodevelopmental Optometry. August 8, 1999. November 18, 2018.
- http://covdblog.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/the-skeffington-award/ The Skeffington Award
- https://skeffingtonsymposium.org/ Kraskin Invitational Skeffington Symposium on Vision
- http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/ngcoba/sk.htm [Note: Confirms dates of birth and death - "Arthur Marten SKEFFINGTON (M: 1890 - 1976)".</ref><ref name="Visionaries">[http://www.revoptom.com/archive/resource/visionaries.htm#skeffington "A.M. Skeffington, O.D.: The Father of Behavioral Optometry."] Visionaries (Reprinted from January–December 1991 Issues of Review of Optometry). Retrieved September 19, 2006. Skeffington has been credited as co-founding the Optometric Extension Program with E.B. Alexander in 1928. In the mid-1950s, Skeffington first diagrammed his "four circles" model of describing visual processing.[1]
Honors
The College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) awards the yearly Skeffington Award in his honor, to be awarded to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to optometric literature in the areas of vision therapy and vision development.[2]
Furthermore, there is a yearly Kraskin Invitational Skeffington Symposium on Vision.[3]
Further reading
- Willis C. Maples. Maksymilian . Mariusz . Pluta . Szyjer . A.M. Skeffington: the father of behavioral optometry—his contributions . Proc. SPIE. 3579. Ophthalmic Measurements and Optometry. 17. October 1998. 17 . 10.1117/12.328320. 1998SPIE.3579...17M . 144296222 . (abstract)
- Sensorimotor Dynamics and Two Visual Systems: Shades of Skeffington & Brock Part 1, The visionhelp blog, 22 May 2011
- Earl P. Schmitt: The Skeffington Perspective of the Behavioral Model of Optometric Data Analysis and Vision Care, AuthorHouse, 2006,
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