]Re: New Topics Central Vision-- JANICE hahah!

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No, you are correct to ask about this. Vision is really a big issue here. I

know that you have followed the dyspraxia families board and even the adults

board so you know that many who have dyspraxia struggle with getting lost! Mark

used to as well. I had to give him a cell phone to go down the street for fear

that his eyes would mislead him and he would get lost. In addition, he would

get lost at school as well.

There are more visual issues then just central detailed vision; there are also

issues with pattern processing, tracking coordination and motor planning of the

eye.... oh will it never end! Right.... that is dyspraxia! Sigh.... Every

system of the body has the same issue.... while speech is the first to emerge

and is the most obvious, motor planning in everything a person does can be

compromised and requires intervention.

While we have worked Marks visual issues and have indeed resolved most of them

(he no longer bumps into the walls or trips into others..... this just gets

worse btw until you remediate it) he does still have something 'odd' that he is

doing or perhaps NOT doing with his eyes. I am so worried that I am going to

forget to address it with Alison at NACD this week. (I am frantic trying to get

all of my ducks in a row so that we can get out of town this week.)

But.... it is the same reason why he has trouble understanding pictoral graphs

at school or cannot really draw a pie chart (he can draw the elements needed for

a pie chart but there is something 'off' with his visual-spatial reasoning. It

is also this same issue that affects him ever so slightly on the basketball

court...... and why he has trouble organizing his belongings. There is a visual

element that is off-kilter and missing..... Perhaps we did not do pleoptics for

long enough because we did address most of the visual issues. I would say that

the issues are ever so slight but they are there.... hindering his progress.

A great book for you all to pick up is: " The Mislabled Child " , by Brock &

Fernette Eide. It really goes into auditory & visual processing in great depth

and includes a vast array of 'doable' exercises and games to address the

multitude of problems that can exist. It also addresses dysgraphia, dyscalcula,

sensory processing disorders, and giftedness. This is a truly invaluable

resource particularly for the children who are just about to enter school.

The area of vision is extremely complex and I lack the knowledge to truly

explain it to the degree necessary. But it is an important element that can

result in extreme disfunction. I have learned one thing..... the eyes and the

ears and how both of the two interrelate with the body and it's parts are

probably 70% of global dyspraxia. Get rid of those problems along with building

body core muscle and you've got a lot of this thing beat! It is just that there

are so many elements.... it is so vastly complex....

The remainder of the issues lie with the hands and the speech.... most

definately the toughest elements to overcome. Eye problems and ear problems are

doable, the speech and the fine motor issues are really, really tough and take

one heck of a lot of work to get through.

Anyway.... go buy that book and you tell me! Vision is a tough area! I really

struggle to understand all of the different processes that can go sideways on a

child.... there are just so many possibilities.

We go to NACD on Wednesday so hopefully I will learn something new.

Janice

Mother of Mark, 13

[sPAM]Re: [ ] New Topics Central Vision-- JANICE

hahah!

In a message dated 2/25/2008 6:46:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

jscott@... writes:

many of our kids overuse their peripheral vision and thus have trouble

locating objects that stare them right in the face! Playing " I spy " is a

really

great way to work this.

OK-- Janice-- I sent that post asking about Central Vision BEFORE finishing

your paragraph---

Bahahahahah LOL

My bad!!!!

becky

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