Category: LEARNING & READING
Easy Steps to Strong Child Vision
if you care for children you should be, the Vision and Learning series will get you started with the key pieces to protect what is important and to avoid common pitfalls.
COVID-19: Learning without a seatbelt.
The Province already provides vision exams for children under health care, but more needs to be done to facilitate the process for parents.
It’s reasonable to acknowledge that the lack of attention to vision in a meaningful way constitutes an abrogation of the basic rights of these children.
Dalton and Dane
“….these boys have a long road ahead: My estimation is that they have almost zero chance of finishing high school – even though they are now only 12 years old…”
Visual Impediments to Learning and Development – Putting the Pieces Together
The fact is that we don’t look at vision, not seriously, and most kids who struggle with Visual Impediments to Learning and Development fall through the cracks…
It’s reasonable to acknowledge that the lack of attention to vision in a meaningful way constitutes an abrogation of the basic rights of these children.
Eye Movements – A Second Look
Bear in mind as you read that these metrics, like others mentioned in this series (even so basic as refractive state), are virtually never considered when children are referred for standard pediatric assessment of behaviour and learning/reading concerns.
Meet More Than The Eye
Eye movement control depends on a strong foundation of eye function, balance/vestibular function, and body sense – it follows that addressing all three will help to overcome related shortcomings in the classroom.
The Importance of Blur: Nearsighted, Farsighted, Astigmatism
Subscribe to Vision Mechanic on YouTube.com (The goal of VisionMechanic.net is to provide science-based clinically relevant resources about humans, for humans. All humans. This series highlighting International Vision and Learning Month (August) is more focused on those humans who are in formal learning programs, most notably, younger humans. If you yourself are a learner, or…
The Burden of Focus
We naturally assume that other peoples’ eyes are the same as our own. This is a common disaster when it comes to children – we cannot see what they see, or feel how it feels for them to try to see clearly.
International Vision and Learning Month
Subscribe to Vision Mechanic on YouTube.com The goal of VisionMechanic.net is to provide science-based clinically relevant resources about humans, for humans. All humans. This series highlighting International Vision and Learning Month (August) is more focused on those humans who are in formal learning programs, most notably, younger humans. If you yourself are a learner, or…
Improving Reading and Writing skills
Dr. Boulet shares a series of videos that presents several activities to help improve and develop reading and writing skills. Many of these activities take a unique perspective and offer novel approaches to to improving skills that affect so many children’s academic performance.