CURRICULUM VITAE STEPHANIE R. JOHNSON-BROWN, O.D., M.Ed.

Stephanie Johnson-Brown received her Doctor of Optometry degree from Illinois College of Optometry in 1978, and a Master in Education from Erikson Institute -Loyola University in 1987. In 1993 she completed her diagnostic pharmaceutical certification and in 1999 completed her therapeutic certification. She is currently a practicing behavioral optometrist.

In addition, she loves God, is a wife, mother, and Executive Director of the Plano Vision Development Center. Plano is a not-for-profit vision care service corporation, which specializes in vision education and the identification and remediation of vision development problems in children and adults. She has lectured on vision and learning to optometric organization, educators, and parent groups.

Teaching Experience:

q  Teacher In-Service, 1978 to Present

q  Professional Seminars, 1978 to Present

q  Plano Child Development Center, 1977 to Present

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

q  American Optometric Association

q  Illinois Optometric Association

q  National Optometric Association – Vice President (2007-2009)

q  Optometric Extension Program

q  College of Vision Development

Current Non-Teaching:  Professional Assignments

q  Plano Vision Development Center, Executive Director

q  Plano Optometric Ltd., Staff Optometrist

q  Vision Health Management Systems, Inc

Consulting Positions

q  Optometrist for Head-start Health Evaluation - "Project Healthy"

q  Chicago Public Schools

q  Harvey-Dixmoor School District 147

q  Recovering the Gifted Foundation

q  Success Tutoring Lab

q  Driskell Educational & Cultural Institute Inc.

q  Illinois Department of Public Health Advisory Board

q  Children’s Home & Aid – Health Services Advisory Committee

Publications:

q  A Visual Perceptual Survey for the Preschool Child Area of Investigation: Form, Direction, Space, and Size Discrimination, 1978

q  Vision Development - Child Development Are They The Same? "Journal of Optometric Vision Development" 1987

q  Consultant for and preface to the book ""The Rage" by Masaaki Ewing - 1995 (A book by one of her young patients and the affect of vision therapy on his behavior)

q  Presenter of a lecture ""Review of a Five Year Program on the Incorporation of Vision Therapy in a School Setting; Optometric Extension Program Foundation's Third International Congress of Behavioral Optometry - May 1998 then published in journal of Optometric Vision Development – Fall 2001

Awards:

q  Deans List University of Illinois - Circle 1973-1974

q  National Optometric Association Student of the Year 1977

q  Plano's Outstanding Service Award 1983

q  Eta Phi Beta Sorority Distinguished Service/Optometrist of the Year 1991

q  Plano's Vision Therapy Staff Appreciation Award 1995

q  National Optometric Association Founder's Award 1998

q  The Women in History Award - 1999 presented By The Woman' s Board of the Chicago Urban League, The League of Black Women & The National Hook-Up of Black Women, Chicago Chapter

q  Living Legends Passing the Torch Award – 2002 presented by Black United Fund of Illinois, Inc.

q  Healers Who Heal the Community Award – Optometrist Who Care Award - 2003 presented by Diversity Health Care, Inc.