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Evelyn’s Vision Therapy Journey

  Evelyn and her mom describe their experience with Vision Therapy and how it specifically helped in her journey with ADHD.  

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Brain Injuries and Vision Therapy

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. At MinnesotaVisionTherapyCenter we treat people who have been diagnosed with concussions and those who have had strokes; in both cases injury to the brain has caused problems with their visual function. Concussion awareness has grown rapidly due to media stories including professional athletes in the NFL and NHL.   Many […]

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What is Vision?

“I know my child is smart but something is holding her back. We have tried everything to help her.  She still doesn’t like to read, homework is a battle, and she works harder than everyone else. I never thought it could be a visual issue because she has always passed her school screenings and has […]

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Can You See 3D?

  Most of us have been to a 3D movie.  It’s hard not to with all of the movies being released in 3D.  We have been amazed by the characters popping off the screen or the shark swimming right towards us.  But what happens if it doesn’t look like it’s popping off the screen?  Do […]

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Visual Games for the Holidays – Set Game & Doodle Dice

  Are you looking for some fun visual games this holiday season? Well, look no further. This month I’ll be recommending some great visual perceptual games that help develop basic skills for visual thinking, such as visual memory, sequencing and patterns, form perception, visual discrimination and visual figure ground. Enjoy! Set Game – Ages 6 […]

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Visual Games for the Holidays – Blokus & Rush Hour

Are you looking for some fun visual games this holiday season? Well, look no further. This month I’ll be recommending some great visual perceptual games that help develop basic skills for visual thinking, such as visual memory, sequencing and patterns, form perception, visual discrimination and visual figure ground. Enjoy! Blokus –Ages 5 and up; Blokus […]

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Visual Games for the Holidays – Spot It & Blink

Are you looking for some fun visual games this holiday season? Well, look no further. This month I’ll be recommending some great visual perceptual games that help develop basic skills for visual thinking, such as visual memory, sequencing and patterns, form perception, visual discrimination and visual figure ground. Enjoy! Spot It – Ages 7 and […]

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Visual Games for the Holidays – Qwirkle & Swish

Are you looking for some fun visual games this holiday season? Well, look no further.  This month I’ll be recommending some great visual perceptual games that help develop basic skills for visual thinking, such as visual memory, sequencing and patterns, form perception, visual discrimination and visual figure ground.  Enjoy!  Qwirkle – Ages 6 and up; […]

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The Mystery of Unidentified Learning Disabilities

According to the Optometrist’s Network, there are a disturbing amount of children who have been misdiagnosed with a variety of different learning disabilities. Often, medication or remedial education is recommended, until someone knowledgeable about functional vision problems steer parents toward an evaluation by a qualified developmental optometrist. In many cases, it is not a learning […]

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Why Vision Therapy Can Keep Our Kids From Failing in School (Part 2)

This post is a continuation of the post “Why Vision Therapy Can Keep Our Kids From Failing in School (Part 1)”. The Life of a Child in 2010 Whether their mothers work outside of the home or not, parents are very afraid to let their children play outside unsupervised because of the threat of child […]