Vision Therapy

The vision therapy department has been an established part of Eyecenter for over thirty years. We receive referrals from many professionals, including optometrists, physicians, psychologists, educators and rehabilitation specialists for the diagnosis and treatment of conditions in the following areas:

* eye muscle weaknesses including tracking, eye alignment and focusing
* visual information processing and vision-related learning issues

Common symtoms of these types of disorders:
 

• Smart in everything but school
• Frequently loses place or skips words when reading
• Squinting, eye rubbing or excessive blinking
• Headaches, dizziness or nausea after reading
• Short attention span
• Fatigue, frustration or stress doing schoolwork
• Labeled dyslexic/ADD/behavioral problem
• Poor reading comprehension or fluency
• Difficulty copying from the board
• Double vision/images go “in and out” of focus
  Treatment may consist of any or all of the following: glasses, contact lenses, patching, in-office therapy, home therapy (using lenses, prisms, filters, and a computer program), or an outside referral to another health care or special education providers. If treatment is required, a customized program is designed to address the specific inadequacies measured. Upon completion of the program, any areas addressed are post-tested and a final report is generated, including the measured results of the therapy and any further recommendations.

   

  If you have any questions, please call either Shirlene or Judy (our vision therapists) at (916) 726-8212 for more information or to set up an appointment.

  For more information about vision therapy, please visit www.visionandlearning.org or www.covd.org.