Any Experience with Vision Therapy
 

Does anyone have any input or experience with vision therapy.

One of my kids was referred to a Vision Therapy Clinic for an initial eval
and I wasn't going to make the appointment because it sounded like a crock
;) Then someone I know and respect said it was the real deal so now I'm
wondering what others think.

TIA

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Nikki, mama to
Hunter 4/99
Luke 4/01
Brock 4/06
Ben 4/06

Any Experience with Vision Therapy
 

Nikki wrote:
Does anyone have any input or experience with vision therapy.

One of my kids was referred to a Vision Therapy Clinic for an initial eval
and I wasn't going to make the appointment because it sounded like a crock
;) Then someone I know and respect said it was the real deal so now I'm
wondering what others think.

no experience, I had to google it to check it was the same as what I
thought it was, actually, thinking about it again, maybe I did it myself
as a kid, I never had a patch, but I have vague recollections of the
optician teaching me to do some different things - problem is, I don't
know what my problem was so I don't know if it got cured! Though I did
stop wearing glasses for a bit before needing them again for short
sightedness and astigmatism. I don't see why it wouldn't help with some
problems, I mean there are a lot of muscles around the eye, so plenty of
scope for changing how they work - I'd at least get the assessment and
find out how much they think they can help etc.

Cheers
Anne

Any Experience with Vision Therapy
 

Nikki wrote:
Does anyone have any input or experience with vision therapy.

One of my kids was referred to a Vision Therapy Clinic for an initial eval
and I wasn't going to make the appointment because it sounded like a crock
;) Then someone I know and respect said it was the real deal so now I'm
wondering what others think.

TIA

There was actually an article in the home school magazine I get about
Vision Therapy this month. She said it helped her daughter a lot.

Tori

Any Experience with Vision Therapy
 

"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
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Nikki wrote:
Does anyone have any input or experience with vision therapy.

One of my kids was referred to a Vision Therapy Clinic for an
initial eval and I wasn't going to make the appointment because it
sounded like a crock ;) Then someone I know and respect said it
was the real deal so now I'm wondering what others think.

no experience, I had to google it to check it was the same as what I
thought it was, actually, thinking about it again, maybe I did it
myself as a kid, I never had a patch, but I have vague recollections
of the optician teaching me to do some different things - problem
is, I don't know what my problem was so I don't know if it got
cured! Though I did stop wearing glasses for a bit before needing
them again for short sightedness and astigmatism. I don't see why it
wouldn't help with some problems, I mean there are a lot of muscles
around the eye, so plenty of scope for changing how they work - I'd
at least get the assessment and find out how much they think they
can help etc.

The vision therapy I'm aware of is not about improving eyesight per se
as much as it's about improving tracking ability. I don't have
personal experience with it, but I do have an acquaintance who swears
by it. She has two sons, and while it was her older that it was
initially suggested for, it is her younger that was the one that ended
up going through it. I've wondered about it for my own son. He has
vision problems too, and has been through partial occlusion therapy to
improve it -- he's now able to get the 20/25 line consistently, and
some letters on the 20/20 line -- but I've noticed that when he's
reading, he tends to skip over words and/or lose his place easily.

Bizby

Any Experience with Vision Therapy
 

The vision therapy I'm aware of is not about improving eyesight per se
as much as it's about improving tracking ability.

I think though, that poor tracking can mean you test as needing glasses,
but they aren't a full solution, but can still help partially, sometimes
a lens can force your eye to work in a certain way, thus changing how
it works and potentially being part of correcting some kind of vision
problems. I'm trying to dig around in my mind for what I needed glasses
for, I know they definitely had in long sight lens, rather than those
for short sightedness, I think I wore them for reading, but I also
remember being told to read at a certain distance and sit a certain
amount away from the TV, which were difficult for me to focus on. These
days my eyes test and perform just as you would expect someone with
classic short sightedness and astigmatism to test.

cheers
Anne

Any Experience with Vision Therapy
 

"Nikki" wrote in message
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Does anyone have any input or experience with vision therapy.

One of my kids was referred to a Vision Therapy Clinic for an initial eval
and I wasn't going to make the appointment because it sounded like a crock
;) Then someone I know and respect said it was the real deal so now I'm
wondering what others think.

thanks guys. I think if appropriate there is a therapy you go to once a
month, not glasses. If I decide to do it I'll post an update :)