Archive for 'Attention Deficit Disorder'
Not Autistic or Hyperactive, She was just seeing double at times
New York Times recently wrote an article about a child who was misdiagnosed with Autism/ADHD, when in fact she had a Convergence Insufficiency. This disorder is one of the easiest binocular disorders to treat with Vision Therapy.
As an infant, Raea Gragg was withdrawn and could not make eye contact. By preschool she needed to [...]
Posted: October 24th, 2007 under Attention Deficit Disorder, Convergence insufficiency, Vision Therapy.
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Think your child has ADD-Attention Deficit Disorder?
By Harley Flego (Parent)
How could my daughter, a bright, articulate, 7-year old who could paint ‘Starry Night’ by Van Gogh, speak two languages and sing with perfect pitch not be able to read? I just didn’t understand.
Chelsea did well in preschool and kindergarten. There was no sign of anything wrong. The eye doctor and [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2007 under Attention Deficit Disorder, Behavioral Optometrists, Blurred Vision, Dyslexia, Eyestrain, Learning Related Vision Problems, Pediatric Optometrist, Testimonials, Vision Problems in Children, Vision Therapist in metro Philly, Vision Therapy.
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Our PACE Program and Executive Function
Executive function and attention. The ability to make effective decisions requires integrative and sustained attention. The ability to search memory, to link current sensation to immediate context and connect this experience to past memories, is the quintessential attentional task.[3] Planning and working memory are essential components of executive function.[1,2] The capacity to do what we [...]
Posted: January 9th, 2007 under Attention Deficit Disorder, Learning Related Vision Problems, Occupational Therapy, Sensory Integration, Testimonials, Vision Therapist in metro Philly, Vision Therapy.
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