VISION THERAPY

We specialize in the identification and treatment of visual problems. Many of the problems being identified affects the child's school performance. By implementing the latest optometric procedures in vision therapy we have developed an effective program that have been proven to enhance the learning ability of children.

What is Vision Therapy?

Vision Therapy is an individualized, supervised, treatment program designed to correct visual-motor and/or perceptual-cognitive deficiencies. Vision Therapy sessions include procedures designed to enhance the brain's ability to control:

• eye alignment

• eye teaming

• eye focusing abilities

• eye movements

• visual processing

Visual-motor skills and endurance are developed through the use of specialized computer and optical devices, including therapeutic lenses, prisms, and filters. During the final stages of therapy, the patient's newly acquired visual skills are reinforced and made automatic through repetition and by integration with motor and cognitive skills.

Who Benefits from Vision Therapy?

Children and adults with learning related vision problems: Vision Therapy can help those individuals who lack the necessary visual skills for effective reading, writing, and learning (i.e., eye movement and focusing skills, convergence, eye-hand activity, visual memory skills, etc.). Vision Therapy also helps individuals develop normal coordination and teamwork of the two eyes (binocular vision). When the two eyes fail to work together as an effective team, performance in many areas can suffer (reading, sports, depth perception, eye contact, etc.).

Children and adults with Strabismus and Amblyopia: Vision Therapy programs offers benefits for a patient who has a turned eye and/or lazy eye when compared to eye surgery, glasses, and/or patching, without therapy.
Vision Therapy is a highly effective treatment program for binocular (two-eyed) vision impairments, such as Strabismus (crossed-eyes, wandering eyes, etc.) and Amblyopia (lazy eye).
 

There are several visual skills that are vital to the overall development and rehabilitation of the eye. Here are the important visual skills:

• Tracking

• Fixation

• Focus change

• Depth perception

• Peripheral vision

• Binocularity

• Maintaining attention

• Near vision acuity

• Distance acuity

• Visualization

A failure of any of these skills can result in a number of vision problems. Poor vision skills can lead to the following:

• Headaches

• Double vision

• Reduced performance

• Discomfort, fatigue

• Suppression

Read what teachers, parents, children, and adult patients say when asked "What changes have you seen as a result of a Vision Therapy program" or "How has Vision Therapy changed your life?" You are invited to read hundreds of Vision Therapy Success Stories written by patients (children and adults), parents, and teachers at visiontherapystories.org.