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Vision Therapy

There are three main components to “vision.”

  • Visual pathway: visual acuity (can you see “20/20”), refractive status (nearsighted, farsighted, or astigmatism), and eye health
  • Visual skills: accommodation (focusing), binocular vision (both eyes working together), and eye movements (tracking)
  • Visual information processing: identification, discrimination, spatial awareness, and integration with other senses

 

Vision doesn’t just happen. It is a learned process. From the moment we are born, our visual skills begin developing. This is why it is important for infants, children, and adults to have regular eye exams to ensure these visual skills are developing appropriately. 

Visual skills are extremely important in our everyday lives, and they have a huge impact on our school and work performance. For example, reading requires several different visual skills to function at the same time at a highly efficient level. To read, our eyes must track across the page, fixate on the word we are reading, focus on the page at the distance we are holding the book, both eyes must move across the page in a coordinated fashion, visual memory to remember what we have read in the past, and comprehension of what was just read. 

Definition of Vision Therapy:

From COVD website:
Vision Therapy is:

  • A progressive program of vision procedures
  • Performed under doctor supervision
  • Individualized to fit the visual needs of each patient
  • In-office weekly sessions of 45 minutes
  • Supplemented with procedures done at home between office visits

 

Depending on the case, the procedures are prescribed to:

  • Help patients develop or improve fundamental visual skills and abilities
  • Improve visual comfort, ease, and efficiency
  • Change how a patient processes or interprets visual information

Upcoming Workshops


Check back in June/July
 

Links

For more information about vision therapy and developmental optometry, visit these websites.

College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD)

Parents Active for Vision Education (PAVE)

100s of Success Stories
Stories about 20/20 Vision, ADD-ADHD, Depth Perception, Double Vision, Headaches, Motion Sickness, NLD, School Performance, Sports & Coordination, and much more. Written by patients, parents, educators, etc.

About Learning Related Vision Problems
Browse through this large collection of articles by the PTA, School Nurse News, Web MD, professors, eye doctors, and more...

ADD/ADHD?
Is it really ADD/ADHD? Or is it an undetected vision problem?

All About Cross-Eyed & Lazy Eye
An expert eye doctor explains all types and treatments of strabismus (eye turns) and lazy eye. Information on eye surgery is included.

Children's Eye Health and Special Visual Needs
A large web site on children's visual health (including binocular vision and eye conditions related to special needs).

Eyestrain, Blurry Vision, Double Vision, and/or Headaches
Convergence Insufficiency (CI) is the leading cause of eyestrain, blurry vision, double vision, and/or headaches (including with near vision). Patients should be aware that convergence insufficiency is a fairly common visual condition and that treatment is very effective.

Optometrists Network
Eye care information and free referrals for the public. No visitor registration required. No vendor advertising. Supported by optometrists who provide vision therapy.

Stereo 3D Vision
Learn all about 3D Art and stereo vision! Winner: Internet Medical Site of the Week.

Vision, Eyesight, and Brain Injury
About treatment of the visual consequences of brain injury (including double vision).

What is Vision Therapy?
See the Interview with an Eye Doctor.