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About US : Who We Are and Why We're Here
Parents:
If you are the parent of a child who is having trouble reading, then
we are here for you. Our vision training program is designed to
address the underlying vision problems of Convergence Insufficiency
and Intermittent Central Suppression (ICS), conditions often present
in children and adults with reading difficulties. Click
here to see a visual skills assessment and an explanation
of how we can help.
Teachers and Educators:
When you see children in your classroom who just can't seem to learn
to read, our program may be able to help.
Related Problems and Symptoms:
Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADD, ADHD), hyperactivity, dyslexia, or other learning disabilities
are often observed or diagnosed in children with reading problems.
Sometimes teachers and parents may notice a short attention span,
behavioral problems, handwriting problems (dysgraphia), problems
copying from the board, and other characteristics in children who
also experience
reading problems or reading comprehension
problems. While all these symptoms may not be present in every child,
they often occur together. To learn more about how these conditions
may be related to Convergence Insufficiency and ICS, click
here.
Unresolved
visual deficits can impair the ability to respond fully to educational
instruction.Management may require optical correction, vision therapy,
or a combination of both. Vision therapy, the art and science of
developing and enhancing visual abilities and correcting vision
dysfunction, has a firm foundation in vision science, and both
its application and efficacy have been established in the scientific
literature. Some sources have erroneously associated optometric
vision therapy with controversial and unfounded therapies, and
equate eye defects with visual dysfunction. The eyes, visual pathways
and brain comprise the visual system. Therefore, to understand
the complexities of visual function, one must look at the total
visual system. Recent research has demonstrated that some people
with reading disabilities have deficits in the transmission of
information to the brain through a defective visual pathway.This
creates confusion and disrupts the normal visual timing functions
in reading. |