Archive for 'Pediatric Optometrist'
Convergence insufficiency may affect 5-12 percent of American children
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According to the American Optometric Association, 60 percent of students identified as “problem learners” may actually have undetected vision problems. One of those problems could be something called convergence insufficiency.
“They said, ‘Oh he does have this convergence insufficiency in his eyes,’ and I thought, ‘Oh that’s a big name for something, what is [...]
Posted: August 13th, 2009 under Convergence insufficiency, Learning Related Vision Problems, Pediatric Optometrist, Vision Therapy.
Tags: Convergence insufficiency, Eye Disorders
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School Woes Are Caused By Disorder of Sight
DEAR ABBY: Please help me get the word out about a common condition that severely affects children’s ability to succeed in school because it inhibits reading, spelling and concentration.
Posted: April 24th, 2007 under Behavioral Optometrists, Cross Eyes, Eyestrain, Non-Surgical Eye Care, Pediatric Optometrist, Vision Problems in Children, 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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Goodbye Frustration
By Eleanor Skale Lowenstein (parent)
I suspected that my daughter Shari was a perfectionist when she was around 5 years old. Not that perfectionism is necessarily a bad thing; I just didn’t like watching the frustration level arise in her every time she sat at the kitchen table and tried to write or do a craft [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2007 under Behavioral Optometrists, Learning Related Vision Problems, Pediatric Optometrist, Sensory Integration, Testimonials, Vision Problems in Children, Vision Therapist in metro Philly, Vision Therapy, Visual Enhancement Therapy.
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