Ophthalmic Career Progressive Course Less Than $1,000

The Ophthalmic Career Progressive Course is a Home Study Optician training course that allows the participant the flexibility to progress at his/her own rate and eliminates the time and costs associated with traditional learning institutions. Go To NAO website for more information.

(Less than $1,000 to be in this program during this writing.) In 23 states Opticians have to be licensed  and certified; in all states certification increase your job opportunities.

2015 Ophthalmic Optician of the year Award

Proudly receiving the Ophthalmic Optician of the year award.
Thomas Blair Jr O.O.

The Society to Advance Opticianry (SAO) voted at its June meeting to name Thomas Blair Jr., O.O., as the 2015 Ophthalmic Optician of the Year. Blair was chosen for his high level of service to the opticianry profession and to his patients for more than 20 years.

Live Interview with Thomas Blair Jr O.O. 2015 Ophthalmic Optician of the Year and Editor Lynnette Blanton of Eye Care Professional Magazine!

This is a live interview with Award Winning Thomas Blair Jr with 

Editor Lynnette Blanton of Eye Care Professional magazine...Read on! 

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mr. Blair, who has held a Masters of Ophthalmic Optics from the ABO since 1995. He is a former Vice Chairman of Georgia State Board of Dispensing Opticians and the Commission on Opticianry

Leader Is More Than A Title

Effective leadership is a luminescent quality greatly aspired, but rarely acquired. 
Leadership is being a headlight; not a taillight. At the core of effective leadership 
is the tacit awareness of being focused on doing the right thing; as opposed to 
doing things right.  Leadership is constructive as opposed to destructive. It is the realization that issues are resolved through processes fraught with the 
unexpected. 

Organized Opticianry: Lawsuit Against The ABO!!

By Thomas Blair Jr, LDO ABOM
Chairman, OAA Legislative Committee

A recent and heralded development in the optometric profession might be considered useful guidance toward efforts to expand scope of practice issues in
organized Opticianry. In quick summary, a lawsuit was brought against the ABO
(American Board of Optometry) regarding the ABO’s staunch advocacy of board
certification exams for optometrists.

Organized Opticianry: Senate Bill 445 Abruptly Pulled!

The world of legislative affairs is constantly producing new challenges and perils
at either - or both - the national and state levels. As a result, this is why organized
opticianry at all levels can never afford a laissez-faire attitude to the political
world around us.

As an example during the current legislative session in Georgia, the Secretary of State introduced a bill to establish a 7 member consumer (only) super board that would oversee the state’s 43 licensing boards, and relegate the existing boards to advisory status. As many would attest from personal experience, most of us recognize ironing boards as being more useful than most advisory boards!