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CPA speaks out on her life's struggle with esotropia...changed through vision therapy3 comments

Dan L. Fortenbacher, OD FCOVD wrote 2 months ago: Most educational meetings for doctors involve presentations on the latest research and clinical insi … more →

Tags: Retraining the Visual Brain, Strabismus, Parent/Patient Advocacy, stereopsis

Activities to Develop Visual Spatial Knowledge: General Movement - Part 3

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 3 months ago: Marsden Ball.  Looks simple.  Gets complicated.  You can obtain a nice one through OEPF.  As Dr. Wac … more →

Tags: Vision Therapy Best Practices, Baseball, children's interests

New research shows evidence - Emotional and ADD-like behavior problems in children linked to common vision problem8 comments

Dan L. Fortenbacher, OD FCOVD wrote 3 months ago: A team of researchers have recently released the results of a new study that shows a strong connecti … more →

Tags: Convergence Insufficiency, Vision and Learning, Vision and Reading, Vision Therapy Best Practices, Parent/Patient Advocacy

Activities to Develop Visual Spatial Knowledge: General Movement - Part 23 comments

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 3 months ago: It’s Trampoline Time!  Harry Wachs suggests we introduce it early into VT programs, to help as … more →

Tags: Vision Therapy Best Practices, Vision and Motor Function, primitive reflexes

Activities to Develop Visual Spatial Knowledge: General Movement3 comments

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 3 months ago: Dr. Wachs’s VT Manual, which we introduced in the prior post subdivides its headings as follow … more →

Tags: Vision Therapy Best Practices, primitive reflexes

Fun Computer Anaglyphic Game/App 2 comments

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 4 months ago: … and from our buddy in the land down under, Bryan Smith, a great recommendation for a game th … more →

Tags: Amblyopia, children's interests, Oculomotor Dysfunction, Visual Perception, Visual Spaital Abilities

Visual/Spatial Portals: New Book on Learning & ASD3 comments

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 4 months ago: You may recall that we previously blogged about the role that Ricki Robinson, MD, MPH played in deli … more →

Tags: Autism, Visual Perception, aspergers-syndrome, Vision and Motor Function, Occupational Therapy, primitive reflexes, Visual Spaital Abilities, children's interests, Learning Disabilities

Yoked Prism Rock

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 5 months ago: Got my copy of the new book by Padula, Munitz & Magrun from OEPF in the mail yesterday, and what … more →

Tags: Neuro-optometric Vision Rehabilitation, Retraining the Visual Brain, Vision Therapy Best Practices, optometric education, Vision and Motor Function, Visual Spaital Abilities, prism

The Home Therapy Discussion Continues3 comments

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 5 months ago: As noted previously, home vision therapy is something that is engendering alot of discussion and opi … more →

Tags: Retraining the Visual Brain, Vision Therapy Best Practices, Practice Management, Vision and Motor Function, Vision Science

More About Home Therapy1 comment

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 5 months ago: In the prior blog I noted that “home therapy” is a bit of misnomer.  After all, the proc … more →

Tags: Facts and Fallacies about Vision Therapy, Vision Therapy Best Practices, Practice Management, Occupational Therapy

iPad Apps for Vision Therapy

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 5 months ago: You might consider it mere word play, or perhaps semantics, but consider the distinction between des … more →

Tags: children's interests, home-schooling, Parent/Patient Advocacy, Practice Management, Vision and Computers, Vision Therapy Best Practices

Emodied Cognition - Part 2

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 5 months ago: Part 1 referenced the source of my interest in embodied cognition to conversations with Dr. Carl Hil … more →

Tags: Visual Perception, Vision Therapy Heritage, visual brain, Visual Spaital Abilities, Vision Science

Embodied Cognition

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 5 months ago: Our colleague Dr. Carl Hillier has influenced me to think more about embodied cognition, and since i … more →

Tags: Strabismus, Visual Perception, Vision and Motor Function, Vision Therapy Heritage, visual brain, Visual Spaital Abilities, Vision Science

Who's looking out for these kids? Uncovering the red herring in vision screenings1 comment

Dan L. Fortenbacher, OD FCOVD wrote 6 months ago: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” ― … more →

Tags: Vision and Learning, Vision and Reading, Parent/Patient Advocacy, Vision and Learning, vision and reading, vision therapy

What Can Vision Therapy do for You?2 comments

Dan L. Fortenbacher, OD FCOVD wrote 7 months ago: Parents often want to know, how will vision therapy help their child? First, it is important for a t … more →

Tags: Retraining the Visual Brain, Sports Vision, Vision and Learning, Vision and Reading, Vision Therapy Best Practices, Parent/Patient Advocacy

VisionHelp podcasts...bringing to the next generation public and professional vision awareness

Dan L. Fortenbacher, OD FCOVD wrote 8 months ago: For me the inspiration for helping children with developmental vision problems began when I attended … more →

Tags: Facts and Fallacies about Vision Therapy, Neuro-optometric Vision Rehabilitation, Retraining the Visual Brain, Strabismus, Vision and Learning, Parent/Patient Advocacy, optometric education, visual brain, Vision Science

Are Visual Abilities Essential for Math?6 comments

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 9 months ago: I’ve always wondered why the Brits referred to Arithmetic as “Maths” in the plural … more →

Tags: Developmental Delays, Visual Perception, Vision Therapy Heritage, Visual Spaital Abilities, children's interests, Learning Disabilities

New Binocular Vision Monthly Review...CE right at the doctor's fingertips

Dan L. Fortenbacher, OD FCOVD wrote 11 months ago: One of the most challenging areas of clinical practice for doctors in both optometry and ophthalmolo … more →

Tags: optometric education, Vision Science

"Doctor, I Think I'm Reading Better" - Part 6

Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD wrote 11 months ago: I purposely changed the title, since Ruth has now begun to read again!  As noted in Part 5, we … more →

Tags: Neuro-optometric Vision Rehabilitation, Retraining the Visual Brain, Vision and Reading, Dyslexia, Acquired Brain Injury, Visual Spaital Abilities


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