Re: Visual Tracking Question

[Guest guest]

My son Josh who is 11 yrs. old. Also has verbal & oral

dyspraxia. He also turns his head to one side when he

is looking at things. Including reading a book. The

eye doctor's said he has a 4th nerve palsy in that

eye. They did surgery to correct it. Now he has a head

tilt to the other side. They are saying that they

might want to do surgery again. I don't think I will

let them until I learn more about all this. If you

learn anything please let me know. I would really be

interested in seeing if any of this is related to each

other.

Sandi

Mother of Josh who has Verbal & Oral Dyspraxia. And

Learning Disabilities.

--- jemleigh2001 <jemleigh@...> wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I am a new list member. My beautiful boy,

> (2.10yr) has

> recently been diagnosed with verbal and oral

> dyspraxia. He has begun

> speech therapy here in Sydney Australia. But I wish

> to make sure we

> know exacly what we are dealing with.

>

> He is going to be assessed by a early childhood

> assessment program we

> have locally in 2 weeks time but I dont think they

> look at vision.

>

> My questions are -

>

> Firstly, what are visual tracking issues?? I have

> read many

> references to them in the posts.

>

> Secondly, does a very strange thing with his

> eyes. When he

> watches TV particularly - if there is a train or

> vehicle or general

> horizontal movement across the screen - he squints

> his eyes and turns

> his head on the side to watch it go by. He also

> does it when we are

> out and a car drives past. He turns his head on the

> side and half

> closes his eyes - almost like the car is driving

> right past his eyes.

> Has anyone had the that experience with their child

> and what do they

> think the prognosis is?

>

> I hope I made sense - please bare with me - this is

> my first post.

>

>

> Leigh Croasdale

> Mother to 2.10 (verbal & oral dyspraxia) and

> Ella 3months old

> Sydney AUSTRALIA

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Leigh!!

I don't a lot about this subject, but wanted to mention Ocular Apraxia. I

know of some people whose children had verbal/oral/limb apraxia who also

ended up having ocular apraxia. It follows the same principal.....The brain

is fine, the eye is fine, but a road block is stopping the information from

the brain to the eye - therefore movement isn't always as the child intends.

I wish I knew more, but something to definetly bring up at his assessment!!

Carnell

North Carolina

CHERAB SUPPORT

http://www.verbalDyspraxia.com

[ ] Visual Tracking Question

> Hi,

>

> I am a new list member. My beautiful boy, (2.10yr) has

> recently been diagnosed with verbal and oral dyspraxia. He has begun

> speech therapy here in Sydney Australia. But I wish to make sure we

> know exacly what we are dealing with.

>

> He is going to be assessed by a early childhood assessment program we

> have locally in 2 weeks time but I dont think they look at vision.

>

> My questions are -

>

> Firstly, what are visual tracking issues?? I have read many

> references to them in the posts.

>

> Secondly, does a very strange thing with his eyes. When he

> watches TV particularly - if there is a train or vehicle or general

> horizontal movement across the screen - he squints his eyes and turns

> his head on the side to watch it go by. He also does it when we are

> out and a car drives past. He turns his head on the side and half

> closes his eyes - almost like the car is driving right past his eyes.

> Has anyone had the that experience with their child and what do they

> think the prognosis is?

>

> I hope I made sense - please bare with me - this is my first post.

>

>

> Leigh Croasdale

> Mother to 2.10 (verbal & oral dyspraxia) and Ella 3months old

> Sydney AUSTRALIA

[Guest guest]

My daughter (4) also has a tilt and squint sometimes when she is looking at

something, usually the tv. But her eye dr. said that she has seen alot of

kids like this and it is behavorial. She also said they all outgrow it. So,

I am not sure. However, I do know a boy who had developmental delays and

issues and he ended up having surgery on his eyes twice, but I didn't see a

difference until he made developmental progress. However, I am not an

expert. I know there is eye therapy with flashlights, but I am sorry to say,

I haven't looked into enough to comment. I'm glad you posted this question.

Carolyn

[Guest guest]

Here is the ocular motor group list for more information.

oma/

I also found a bunch of links when I searched on the internet

for " ocular apraxia " .

I would certainly bring it to the evaluators attention as well as see

a pediatric eye doctor.

Good luck!

denise

> Hi,

>

> I am a new list member. My beautiful boy, (2.10yr) has

> recently been diagnosed with verbal and oral dyspraxia. He has

begun

> speech therapy here in Sydney Australia. But I wish to make sure

we

> know exacly what we are dealing with.

>

> He is going to be assessed by a early childhood assessment program

we

> have locally in 2 weeks time but I dont think they look at vision.

>

> My questions are -

>

> Firstly, what are visual tracking issues?? I have read many

> references to them in the posts.

>

> Secondly, does a very strange thing with his eyes. When he

> watches TV particularly - if there is a train or vehicle or general

> horizontal movement across the screen - he squints his eyes and

turns

> his head on the side to watch it go by. He also does it when we

are

> out and a car drives past. He turns his head on the side and half

> closes his eyes - almost like the car is driving right past his

eyes.

> Has anyone had the that experience with their child and what do

they

> think the prognosis is?

>

> I hope I made sense - please bare with me - this is my first post.

>

>

> Leigh Croasdale

> Mother to 2.10 (verbal & oral dyspraxia) and Ella 3months old

> Sydney AUSTRALIA

[Guest guest]

Leigh:

My son, ph, is also 2.10 and is now wearing

therapeutic prism glasses. Joe exhibited the same

symptoms as your son, he would turn his head sideways

when watching tv or sometimes when looking at people.

He also squinted and rubbed his eyes frequently. He

used to also feel his way around a room, like a blind

person, to figure out where he was in relation to

objects, etc. He also was probably memorizing where

things were rather than seeing where they were.

Another parent told us about a behavioral optometrist

who examined Joe and diagnosed him with visual

tracking issues,among other things. As you have

already read in other posts, this means that Joe's

eyes are not working together. As a result, his eyes

" fight " each other for dominance (as to whose signals

are correct). The head turning is Joe's attempt to

resolve the conflict presented by the lack of

coordination of his eyes. Behavioral optometrists

belive other issues like SID, motor planing or even

apraxic speech are related to visual problems.

The glasses bring focus to ph's eyes; since

wearing them, he no longer tilts his head and there

has been notable improvement in his attention and

focus in other therapy sessions. The doctors also do

visual training sessions; we have not kept up with

these as it costs $125 per half hour. Plus, Joe is

already near overwhelmed with all the other therapies

he receives. You can do vision training at home.

Basically, all it consists of is rolling a ball or

balloon towards your son. Or you can attach a ball to

a string and hang it so it swings back and forth. We

also have a balance board that Joe uses when he

watches TV. The purpose is for Joe to feel and

balance his body as he's using his eyes to focus; it's

supposed to help with body awareness.

Sorry this is so long but we've just gone through what

you're going through now. If you want to know more,

you can e-mail me directly at jacenterprise@....

Good luck!!

Jim Carlone

> My questions are -

>

> Firstly, what are visual tracking issues?? I have

> read many

> references to them in the posts.

>

> Secondly, does a very strange thing with his

> eyes. When he

> watches TV particularly - if there is a train or

> vehicle or general

> horizontal movement across the screen - he squints

> his eyes and turns

> his head on the side to watch it go by. He also

> does it when we are

> out and a car drives past. He turns his head on the

> side and half

> closes his eyes - almost like the car is driving

> right past his eyes.

> Has anyone had the that experience with their child

> and what do they

> think the prognosis is?