You may have heard vision therapy mentioned as a treatment option for your child’s vision problems. Naturally, the first question that comes to mind is: Can it actually help?
A vision therapy program has shown to be effective at treating a variety of different developmental vision issues that can affect a child's performance in the classroom and during sports activities.
You may have heard vision therapy mentioned as a treatment option for your child’s vision problems. Naturally, the first question that comes to mind is: Can it actually help?
Vision therapy is termed by optometrists as an attempt to develop and/or improve visual skills and abilities, improve visual comfort, ease, and efficiency, and change the visual processing and/or interpretation of visual information.
Vision therapy programs consist of supervised, in-office treatment as well as at-home reinforcement exercises, over a period ranging from a few weeks to several months. It can be compared to physical therapy
Along with the exercises, corrective lenses, filters, patches, prisms, balance boards, and electronic targets can be used as part of the treatment plan.
Vision therapy has been shown to be effective in treating many different vision issues, including strabismus (conditions where the eyes do not align properly when looking at an object), amblyopia (lazy eye), eye movement disorders, and focusing disorders. It can also help with visual perception disorders, along with vision problems caused by developmental disabilities or ones acquired through brain injury (such as from an accident or a sports injury.)
Vision therapy is a proven science, and there have been more than 260 articles published attesting to its effectiveness.
Visual therapy is based on cutting-edge techniques and exercises that work with the whole visual system to improve visual function, much like physical therapy does with the body to fix a physical issue.
While corrective lenses can effectively treat many vision issues (some of which vision therapy cannot correct), there are others that lenses alone will not fix, and many of these potential issues can be ones which, if left untreated, can cause a child to have a much more difficult time in school.
Specialized eye doctors and therapists will work with you and your child to craft a treatment plan suited to their unique needs, combining both in-office sessions and at-home exercises.
Self-confidence is often a challenge enough for children in school, even without learning difficulties. With difficulty learning, life becomes that much harder, even worse if others start to assume they have a learning disability. Vision therapy is a proven way to help your child reclaim their ability to learn effectively, which will only help increase their confidence and enjoy the school experience more.
A vision therapy program has shown to be effective at treating a variety of different developmental vision issues that can affect a child's performance in the classroom and during sports activities.
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