Who Benefits? - Learning - Dyslexia - ADD - Lazy Eye - Stress - Rehab - Sports
Vision Therapy
Some visual conditions cannot be treated adequately with just glasses,
contact lenses and/or patching, and are best resolved through
a program of Vision Therapy.
 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, and/or
- 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 visual challenges, such as:
- 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.).
- Poor Binocular Coordination
Vision Therapy 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.).
- Strabismus and Amblyopia
Vision Therapy programs offer much higher cure rates for turned
eyes and/or lazy eye when compared to eye surgery, glasses,
and/or patching, without therapy. The earlier the patient
receives Vision Therapy the better, however, our office has
successfully treated patients well past 21 years of age.
- Stress-induced Visual Difficulties
21st century lifestyles demand more from our vision than ever
before. Children and adults in our technological society
constantly use their near vision at work and at home.
C.V.S. (Computer Vision Syndrome) is one of the fastest growing
health concerns in the workplace today. Environmental
stresses on the visual system (including excessive computer
use or close work) can induce eyestrain, headaches, and/or
visual difficulties which can be effectively treated with
corrective lenses and/or Vision Therapy.
- Visual Rehabilitation for Special Populations
Vision can be compromised as a result of neurological disorders
or trauma to the nervous system (such as, traumatic brain
injuries, stroke, whiplash, developmental delays, cerebral
palsy, multiple sclerosis, etc.). Vision Therapy can effectively
treat the visual consequences of trauma (including double
vision).
- Sports Vision Improvement
Strong visual skills are critical to sports success. Not much
happens in sports until your eyes instruct your hands and
body as to what to do! Accurate vision and athletic visual
skills can be measured, developed, and enhanced through Vision
Therapy. We can measure and successfully improve eye-hand
coordination, visual reaction time, peripheral awareness,
eye teaming, focusing, tracking, and visualization skills
(to mention just a few).
Vision Therapy can be the answer to many visual problems. Don't
hesitate to contact us with your questions. To read definitions
of Vision Therapy by outside sources, visit
children-special-needs.org.
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