We often feature success stories that have taken place here at The Vision Therapy Center. However, these types of stories are happening every day, all over the world. We are fortunate enough to have a guest post from Jenny Johnston, a mom who lives in Chico, California with her daughter Alli (that’s her in the photo on the right, with her sister Jill.) Jenny is so passionate about vision therapy that she took the time to write this amazing post. Please read, and share with your friends and family.
Topics: Success Stories, Learning-Related Vision Problems, Symptoms of Dyslexia, Vision Therapy
The following Vision Therapy Success Story comes to us from Morgan and her mom. After struggling to determine what was wrong with her daughter’s vision, Morgan’s family discovered vision therapy. Read her mother’s first-hand account of their vision therapy story!
Topics: Success Stories, Vision Therapy, Developmental Optometrist, Dr. Kellye Knueppel
As the school year approaches, the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) has declared once again that the month of August is National Vision and Learning Month. With this year’s campaign, COVD is trying to demonstrate how vision therapy is needed around the globe. We agree, and we’ve got the blog comments to prove it.
Topics: Functional Vision Problems, International Children's Vision and Learning Month
Meet Bridget Robinson. Her daughter, Abby, suffers from strabismus, and recently underwent vision therapy treatment. In this latest success stories interview, Bridget tells how vision therapy improved Abby’s vision and her life.
Topics: Success Stories, Vision Therapy, Strabismus (Crossed Eyes), Success Stories - Strabismus
This isn’t the first time we’ve blogged about video games being used to treat amblyopia or lazy eye, and it undoubtedly won’t be the last. We’re following a new study on how video games can be used to treat lazy eye. We like the potential of what this could deliver, but we’re concerned using video games may fall short of what any amblyopia treatment must do: Restore binocular vision.
Topics: Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
Many of our vision therapy patients have a poor pencil grip. This often occurs because these children will learn to write before they are developmentally ready, either because of a vision problem or because their fingers are not dexterous enough, or both. Either way, we often find children in vision therapy need to work on this skill.
Topics: Vision Therapy, Functional Vision Problems, Symptoms of Functional Vision Problems
People are usually surprised to discover that vision therapy can improve the visual systems of adults. But many are equally as surprised to discover we can help infants and preschoolers, too. In truth, it can be even more effective and efficient at a younger age because the visual system is in its formative stage.
