Re: Re: Visual perception/Vision therapy

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What is visual theapy? How do you know if your child needs it? Where do go to get it?

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Janice Rushen

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From: Miriam <callis4773@...>Subject: ( ) Re: Visual perception/Vision therapy Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 9:10 AM

is just finishing up with vision therapy. His behavior has improved and his willingness to do classwork and homework has improved. He just started baseball again for the first time in about 3 years and we went to a "baseball clinic" last saturday. He hit nearly every ball, was able to change his technique when given suggestions and could throw the ball toward the person he was supposed to throw it to. "He has talent" one of the coaches said. ROFL. He's on a team for kids with disabilities but in terms of baseball ability he could do a regular team. It's his anxiety about losing and his social skills that would make a regular team extremely difficult for him. The kids on this team have a huge collection of talents and difficulties so some are okay with baseball skills while others are better at the social stuff and have physical limitations.Anyway, I'm off the track. I think vision therapy has helped a LOT. doesn't panic without his

handheld games any more. He used to get upset if he left the house without it. Now he can look out the window and enjoy that. It's like a whole new world has opened up to him. 's reading comprehension has improved. The reason for this is actually quite simple. wasn't TRYING to read anything because it was very difficult and exhausting for him to read a line of text and then find the next line. In comprehension tests he'd read the questions and then try to find the answers in the text without reading the whole thing. That just doesn't work. Now he reads. He reads and TELLS me what he's read in infinite detail! He can write. He can better organize his written work and is willing to write about assigned topics rather than just about video games. He does incorporate some video game stuff into his writing but if his work isn't about that he can do the work.I felt it was a huge help to .Miriam > > Hi,> > > > My DS (15, diagnosed last June) was tested by an occupational therapist earlier this year, and today I got a phone call from her with the results, that was a

surprising to me.> > > > He has some motor skill problems, like a terrible handwriting, not using both knife and fork when eating etc. What she found out was that this was caused by problems with his visual perception and that it was not motor skills problems per se. The visual perception disorder caused hand/eye coordination problems, problems with shape recognition etc that again caused difficulties with handwriting etc.> > > > She recommended visual therapy for him. I do not know much about that, so I thought I'd ask if someone has experience with this? It is a quite expensive treatment here, and it requires that he practices on his own. It would be good to know if it has helped others in the same situation.> > > > Rannveig/.> >>