vision therapy

My son just got back from the eye doctor and he recommended vision
therapy for him because he has tracking problems. The cost of this is
beyond our means right now ($1000) so I am wondering if anyone knows of
any simple eye tracking exercises he can practice at home.

Thanks

Debbie

wrote:
My son just got back from the eye doctor and he recommended vision
therapy for him because he has tracking problems. The cost of this is
beyond our means right now ($1000) so I am wondering if anyone knows of
any simple eye tracking exercises he can practice at home.

Thanks

Debbie



there are numerous forms of vision therapy. Can you be more specific as
to what type of doctor suggest what type of therapy?

Sorry to take so long responding. We recently had a death in the
family.

He has tracking problems. His eyes movement sometimes goes back. I.E.
he is reading left to right most times but sometimes his eye movement
goes back to the left for a brief second.

Deb

Mark Probert wrote:
wrote:
My son just got back from the eye doctor and he recommended vision
therapy for him because he has tracking problems. The cost of this is
beyond our means right now ($1000) so I am wondering if anyone knows of
any simple eye tracking exercises he can practice at home.

Thanks

Debbie



there are numerous forms of vision therapy. Can you be more specific as
to what type of doctor suggest what type of therapy?

Does not sound like a real treatment

Did you go to a REAL eye doctor (Opthomologist) or an optometrist.

There is a scam like that

wrote:
Sorry to take so long responding. We recently had a death in the
family.

He has tracking problems. His eyes movement sometimes goes back. I.E.
he is reading left to right most times but sometimes his eye movement
goes back to the left for a brief second.

Deb

Mark Probert wrote:

wrote:

My son just got back from the eye doctor and he recommended vision
therapy for him because he has tracking problems. The cost of this is
beyond our means right now ($1000) so I am wondering if anyone knows of
any simple eye tracking exercises he can practice at home.

Thanks

Debbie



there are numerous forms of vision therapy. Can you be more specific as
to what type of doctor suggest what type of therapy?



--
"...in addition to being foreign territory the past is, as history, a
hall of mirrors that reflect the needs of souls observing from the present"
Glen Cook

Sorry to hear about the death in your family.

Please advise as to what type of doctor was seen, and excatly what the
therapy is. There is a load of quackery in thse so called vision therapies.



wrote:
Sorry to take so long responding. We recently had a death in the
family.

He has tracking problems. His eyes movement sometimes goes back. I.E.
he is reading left to right most times but sometimes his eye movement
goes back to the left for a brief second.

Deb

Mark Probert wrote:

wrote:

My son just got back from the eye doctor and he recommended vision
therapy for him because he has tracking problems. The cost of this is
beyond our means right now ($1000) so I am wondering if anyone knows of
any simple eye tracking exercises he can practice at home.

Thanks

Debbie



there are numerous forms of vision therapy. Can you be more specific as
to what type of doctor suggest what type of therapy?

Actually he is a bonafide opthamologist that was recommended by my
pediatrician, however I did not get a good feeling about him at all. He
recommended glasses (his prescription and vision is +75 for both eyes)
but most websites say that farsightedness is common among children and
that glasses are rarely prescribed for anything under +1 or +2. Plus
my son could not read the text during testing (he is behind in reading
which is why I brought him there) so they gave him numbers to read.
Because of this they could not test him for comprehension so the whole
test they gave him is questionable. Bye bye $50. I think he knew I
brought him in because he is behind in reading and saw dollar signs. I
talked to my own optometrist and he said that I should wait to get the
glasses and the vision therapy and see if the special tutoring he is
getting at school helps first. I agree. I was just wondering if I could
do a few traacking execises too. Also, he did not ask me if I wanted
glasses, he just sat me down at the counter. I told him I wanted to
think about it and asked for the prescription. The help seemed upset
that I asked for it but they did give it to me. They "reminded" me that
no matter where I went for glasses, it would cost me the same because
that is how my vision insurance works. I felt like cattle with cash.

wrote:
Actually he is a bonafide opthamologist that was recommended by my
pediatrician, however I did not get a good feeling about him at all. He
recommended glasses (his prescription and vision is +75 for both eyes)
but most websites say that farsightedness is common among children and
that glasses are rarely prescribed for anything under +1 or +2. Plus
my son could not read the text during testing (he is behind in reading
which is why I brought him there) so they gave him numbers to read.
Because of this they could not test him for comprehension so the whole
test they gave him is questionable. Bye bye $50. I think he knew I
brought him in because he is behind in reading and saw dollar signs. I
talked to my own optometrist and he said that I should wait to get the
glasses and the vision therapy and see if the special tutoring he is
getting at school helps first. I agree. I was just wondering if I could
do a few traacking execises too. Also, he did not ask me if I wanted
glasses, he just sat me down at the counter. I told him I wanted to
think about it and asked for the prescription. The help seemed upset
that I asked for it but they did give it to me. They "reminded" me that
no matter where I went for glasses, it would cost me the same because
that is how my vision insurance works. I felt like cattle with cash.

I would suggest a second opinion from a pediatric ophthalmologist. My
son sees one for lazy eye and he is a minimalist...no patching, just
glasses...and it worked quite well.

A good friend of mine is an adult ophthalmologist and suggested the
pediatric specialist, as they have special training and experience.

Opthomologists do not sell glasses. It is unethical, and illegal in
most states

Opticians and Optometrists do.

The "tracking exercises" are the hallmark of a scam called
"developmental optometry" usually aimed at dyslexic children.

http://www.aapos.org/pubresources/Dyslexia.htm


from "A Joint Statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American
Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and American
Academy of Ophthalmology"

" No scientific evidence supports claims that the academic abilities of
children with learning disabilities can be improved with treatments that
are based on 1) visual training, including muscle exercises, ocular
pursuit, tracking exercises, or "training" glasses (with or without
bifocals or prisms); (13-15) 2) neurological organizational training
(laterality training, crawling, balance board, perceptual training);
(16-18) or 3) colored lenses. (18-20) These more controversial methods
of treatment may give parents and teachers a false sense of security
that a child's reading difficulties are being addressed, which may delay
proper instruction or remediation. The expense of these methods is
unwarranted, and they cannot be substituted for appropriate educational
measures. Claims of improved reading and learning after visual training,
neurological organization training, or use of colored lenses, are almost
always based on poorly controlled studies that typically rely on
anecdotal information. These methods are without scientific validation.
(21) Their reported benefits can be explained by the traditional
educational remedial techniques with which they are usually combined."



wrote:
Actually he is a bonafide opthamologist that was recommended by my
pediatrician, however I did not get a good feeling about him at all. He
recommended glasses (his prescription and vision is +75 for both eyes)
but most websites say that farsightedness is common among children and
that glasses are rarely prescribed for anything under +1 or +2. Plus
my son could not read the text during testing (he is behind in reading
which is why I brought him there) so they gave him numbers to read.
Because of this they could not test him for comprehension so the whole
test they gave him is questionable. Bye bye $50. I think he knew I
brought him in because he is behind in reading and saw dollar signs. I
talked to my own optometrist and he said that I should wait to get the
glasses and the vision therapy and see if the special tutoring he is
getting at school helps first. I agree. I was just wondering if I could
do a few traacking execises too. Also, he did not ask me if I wanted
glasses, he just sat me down at the counter. I told him I wanted to
think about it and asked for the prescription. The help seemed upset
that I asked for it but they did give it to me. They "reminded" me that
no matter where I went for glasses, it would cost me the same because
that is how my vision insurance works. I felt like cattle with cash.


--
"...in addition to being foreign territory the past is, as history, a
hall of mirrors that reflect the needs of souls observing from the present"
Glen Cook