| When faced with a child who has learning disabilities | | | | easier task. It makes sense that, if we train the right |
| most parents will try every avenue to try and find a | | | | visual skills, we will see the learning ability of a child |
| way to help their child. With hundreds of teachers, | | | | increase. So, for example, if they have trouble skipping |
| tutors and health practitioners offering treatments, how | | | | lines or misreading words, training the child's eye |
| do you know who is telling the truth, and how can you | | | | movements should enhance their ability to move their |
| ascertain what method will help your child? Remedial | | | | eyes effectively across the page, thus reading more |
| reading is often the first step for a child who is | | | | fluidly. |
| struggling. However, for many children with learning | | | | If they have trouble remembering spelling words, it |
| difficulties this simply magnifies their agony and | | | | makes sense that if we train and teach visual memory |
| multiplies their feeling of failure. | | | | through visualization that they will be able to recall |
| Diet is also worth considering, mainly for the point of | | | | spelling words more effectively. The question for |
| view of Attention Deficit Disorder, which can often be | | | | parent is, "where do I go to have the type of visual |
| made worse by the child's reaction to certain foods or | | | | examination that tests for these things? " Most parents |
| chemicals. Vision is one of the most overlooked areas | | | | would realize that the average eye care professional |
| of examination, because most people think that, if their | | | | does not perform these tests, they are looking at eye |
| child can see, there is absolutely nothing wrong with | | | | health and prescribing glasses. Let me be frank; if your |
| their vision. The crazy thing about this is that, compared | | | | child has a learning disability then you need to get your |
| to most other testing methods, it is often the easiest | | | | child's eyes tested, making sure that they are not long |
| and least expensive thing to test in a child with learning | | | | or short sighted. For the extra tests looking at the main |
| disabilities. The great news is that, in many cases, it | | | | areas of difficulty in children with learning disabilities, you |
| can provide the break through that your child with | | | | will require something different. |
| learning disabilities needs. Vision is the dominant sense | | | | And that is the purpose of this article. I am passionate |
| in the classroom, and for almost every learning | | | | about helping children with learning disabilities, and have |
| experience your child has. | | | | developed a few short tests which can be down |
| Over 80% of all information comes in through the | | | | loaded from our site and performed in your own home. |
| visual system, which involves far more than simply | | | | It can help by indicating if your child has difficulties in |
| seeing the page of print. As a Behavioral Optometrist, I | | | | many extra areas of vision, and show you exactly |
| have dedicated my life to helping children with learning | | | | how to improve their visual skills. If these tests indicate |
| disabilities, and I have found that in the majority of | | | | a deficiency, that our therapy program is guaranteed |
| cases I can help these children both with the | | | | to improve the learning disabilities you struggle with in |
| appropriate lenses and with vision therapy, a | | | | your child. And best of all, the screening test is free, so |
| specialized series of exercises and games to train the | | | | please, for the sake of your child and their future, |
| visual system and thus enable learning to become an | | | | come and obtain your free vision test. |