What is Vision Therapy?
Vision Therapy, prescribed by an Optometrist, is a sequence of eye exercises that are used to improve the quality and efficiency of vision. Vision therapy helps your child’s eyes work more efficiently so that they can perform daily tasks, like reading, copying and writing more easily. Vision therapy can improve fixation, pursuits and saccades; problems relating to the focusing system of the eye; and problems with eye teaming abilities.
Vision Therapy for
Convergence Insufficiency
Convergence insufficiency (CI) is a common eye-teaming problem in which the eyes have a strong tendency to drift outward when reading or doing work close up. Double vision often occurs …
Dyslexia
According to pediatrician and parent advocate for the National Center for Learning Disabilities, Dr. Debra Walhof : “It is important to remember that normal sight may not necessarily be synonymous with normal vision…That …
Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia affects a child’s ability to be able to accurately and efficiently perform gross and fine motor tasks. It is also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Poor motor planning …
Strabismus (Squint)
Strabismus / Squint is also known as crossed eyes. It is when both eyes do not look in the same direction at the same time. Although it usually happens in …
Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
Amblyopia is commonly referred to and known as “lazy eye”. It is when there is a reduction of vision in one eye when compared to the other. Although uncommon, lazy …
ADHD/ADD
https://youtu.be/ffAy6Hg4iOM When visual problems are not remediated, they may manifest as ADHD behaviour. Underlying visual difficulties (such as convergence insufficiency, eye tracking) should be treated if any. These problems are …
Neuro-Optometric Therapy
Optometric Vision Therapy Not to be confused with other forms of eye exercises, the goal of optometric vision therapy is not to strengthen eye muscles. Instead, vision therapy aims to retrain the …
Autism
Visual Problems may be more prevalent in Children with Autism Studies have found that refractive errors, such as near-sightedness, far-sightedness, and/or astigmatism, may be more common in those with autism. These conditions require …
Struggling Learners
https://youtu.be/d-FvbUnxGKM Beyond having a learning disability, a child who has never struggled in school before but suddenly is might be having a functional vision problem. Functional vision involves skills that …