| Helping children overcome learning problems has been | | | | teach the best skills children want to reach their |
| one of the greatest thrills of my life, and with early | | | | potential. If we can teach the required skills in kids, then |
| intervention disabilities can be overcome before they | | | | helping children overcome learning problems is easy, |
| seriously affect the child's future. Diagnosing learning | | | | since they have the skills to do the job. |
| disabilities is a very divisive field, with as loads of | | | | So, though ophthalmologists, pediatricians and other so |
| opinions as there are so-called experts! Yet for all of | | | | called experts challenge vision therapy, some of us are |
| us, the most important wish is the same: and we are | | | | fighting back in the best way we know how: by helping |
| doing all we can in order to be helping children | | | | children overcome learning difficulties. No matter what |
| overcome learning difficulties! | | | | some say, there is a heap of evidence behind vision |
| With early intervention disabilities such as dyslexia and | | | | therapy, but there is some confusion even among |
| other learning trouble can be definitely affected. When | | | | Optometrists as to the visual basis in diagnosing |
| looking for or diagnosing learning disabilities it needs to | | | | learning disabilities and their treatment. |
| be recognized that not every variety of learning | | | | With vision therapy, not all therapies are the same. |
| disability can be cured, but with the correct tips and | | | | Some tips are far better than others, and it is the |
| early intervention disabilities of a visual character can | | | | practiced Behavioral Optometrist who can provide the |
| certainly be treated and most often overcome. | | | | required early intervention. Disabilities involving the visual |
| An principal step in diagnosing learning disabilities is to | | | | system tend to be ones which, with the right |
| come to a decision what the predominant cause of | | | | techniques are easy to pick up and can have a major |
| the disability is. If it is a language based problem, then | | | | impact in classroom performance. When we teach |
| you must see a speech therapist. | | | | things like eye movements, focus, eye coordination, |
| If it is an auditory based problem, then a hearing | | | | visualization, left right awareness, sequencing, coding, |
| specialist is in order. If it is behavioral, then you may | | | | pencil grip and the like, we tend to obtain good results |
| want to see anyone from a pediatrician to a dietitian, | | | | fast. I certain so in my practice, and most teachers in |
| or even a psychologist can give assistance. But for | | | | the field refer immediately to me, simply because they |
| helping children conquer learning disabilities that are | | | | have seen the results. |
| visually based, you require to see someone who | | | | But now, for the first time, we are able to impart the |
| concentrates on diagnosing learning disabilities that are | | | | most ground-breaking home vision therapy program, |
| based around the visual system. | | | | which has been pioneered over 20 years in my |
| As a Behavioral Optometrist, I imagine I can play a | | | | practice, and honed in refugee schools in the |
| great big job in helping children overcome learning | | | | developing world, on a worldwide basis through the |
| trouble if they involve the eyes, visual system or | | | | internet. Finally, wherever you live, you can present |
| anything to do with visual perception (such as visual | | | | vision therapy economically, in your own home for your |
| memory, left best awareness, sequencing, coding, and | | | | own child. Simple, comprehensive and satisfactorily |
| so on). Once again, with early intervention disabilities | | | | programmed therapies, right to your computer. And the |
| can be triumph over using vision therapy, which can | | | | good news is: they actually work! |