Encouraging Good Visual Development in Children
Vision development in children is a very important part of child development which influences fine motor development, gross motor development, and visual perceptual development. Good visual development in children is necessary for proper brain maturation, and, many...
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...
The Secret That No One Likes To Talk About … Bedwetting
Owing to the high level of discomfort and embarrassment it causes, bedwetting -“nocturnal enuresis”- is often a well-kept secret that no parents or bedwetting children wish to talk about. However, it is a common problem that affects millions of young children...
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...
Why Vision Therapy Can Keep Our Kids From Failing in School (Part 1)
If any of you are in your 40’s or older, you will remember that very few children had severe reading problems when we were in grade school. Of course some children could read and perform math problems better than others, but all of them possessed the rudimentary...
What is Involved in a Vision Therapy Session?
Reasonably good, if not perfect, vision is indispensable to success in every facet of one’s life. Unfortunately, there is a significantly large number of people who suffer from one form of vision problem or another. Vision therapy is prescribed because certain vision...
What Are The Signs That My Child May Need Vision Therapy?
There are several signs that can reveal whether or not your child may need vision therapy. Of course, this will depend on the specific nature and severity of the vision problem/s that your child may have. However, while some conspicuous symptoms of poor or impaired...
What is the Correlation Between ADHD and Convergence Insufficiency?
Not too long ago, medical experts ruled out any link between vision-related problems and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – ADHD. However, extensive research over the years has revealed that there is indeed a close and oftentimes overlapping link between the...
How to stop bedwetting without drugs
One of the things that I often hear after we work with the Spinal Galant primitive reflex in a vision therapy program is that the bedwetting that had been plaguing the child for many years had suddenly disappeared. Parents were of course thrilled with the results of...