Parents often want to know, how will vision therapy help their child? First, it is important for a thorough developmental vision evaluation by an experienced doctor of optometry who provides office-based optometric vision therapy. However, once the diagnosis is determined and when it falls into the area that “best practices” shows will be appropriate for vision therapy/vision rehabilitation, then a treatment plan is organized and programmed by the doctor and often delivered in combination with a skilled optometric vision therapist. This will also usually involve the application of appropriate ophthalmic lenses over an above what may be needed for correction of a refractive condition, such as nearsightedness, farsightedness and/or astigmatism.
Even with all that being said, it still can be understandably difficult for a parent to know how vision therapy will help their child. So, in support of better public awareness and advocacy, VisionHelp has taken on this question with a new video that, through patient’s and parents own words, better communicates the essence of this message. Take a look at this new VisionHelp video and see…What Can Vision Therapy do for You?
Dan L. Fortenbacher, O.D., FCOVD
My son is 8, was recently diagnosed with CI. He is currently receiving vision therapy. My question is there a easier way to teach children with CI piano?
Michelle,
Thank you for your comment. Given that patients with CI and receiving office-based vision therapy will be effectively “cured” within 3-6 months of successful treatment, there will be no need to adapt a special traing program for learning the piano simply based on the convergence insufficiency diagnosis.