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.