Archive for 'Vision Problems in Children'
Why Can’t My Child Read?
by Susan R. Barry, Ph.D.
As another school year is brought to a close, we need to ask again why so many children struggle in their classes. Sometimes the answer is right in the front of our face.
When I was in second grade, I did miserably on a standardized achievement test. The school principal [...]
Posted: July 25th, 2009 under Convergence insufficiency, Vision Problems in Children, Vision Therapy.
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Dr. Janet Wilamowski to give lecture at Radisson Hotel
Dr. Janet Wilamowski to give lecture entitled Vision: Its Affect on Learning and Attention and How Vision Therapy Can Help
Dr. Janet Wilamowski, a specially trained Developmental Optometrist, Vision Therapist, and CEO of The Vision Development Center of King of Prussia, PA will speak at the Radisson Valley Forge on February 10, 2009 on the topic [...]
Posted: February 1st, 2009 under Vision Problems in Children, Vision Therapist in metro Philly.
Tags: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
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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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