Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Clinically Speaking Part I
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Clinically Speaking Part I Vision in a Clinical Rehabilitation Context Cranial Nerves and Vision The cranial nerves are critically important in our development and behaviour. There are 12 pairs of nerves, and they are largely responsible for the sensory and motor behaviour of the head. The brainstem nerves are…...
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part X
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part X Part X: Sequencing Therapy Complement to Clinically Speaking Part VI. This lesson is under construction. Please consult with your doctor to establish appropriate programming and sequencing for your own circumstances. Reach us by email for immediate assistance. Planned Content: The general sequence of events over a session and over…...
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part IX
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part IX Part IX – Assessing and Managing Vision Introduction As a rule, all children should be checked for possible visual impediments during Kindergarten in preparation for formal reading instruction. Visual Impediments to Learning (VIL) are the most common undetected cause of apparent learning and reading difficulties. VIL…...
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part VIII
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part VIII Neurosensory Integration and the Visual Hierarchy Introduction “It has not been easy for the helping professions to conceive of human behavior as an expression of the brain, and they are still struggling to do so… The employing of neural mechanisms to enhance motor development is now…...
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part III
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part III Defining Vision II This section continues from the previous discussions of visual anatomy and signal acquisition skills and abilities. First, we will look at Visual Signal Processing (Visual Information Processing, or simply Visual Perception) and see how once a signal is captured, it undergoes ‘parallel streamed’…...
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part II
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part II by DrB • August 29, 2012 • 0 Comments Defining Vision Human Visual Development Review these brief notes on visual development before continuing: Click (opens new page). Elements of Vision Vision sits atop the developmental heap as the leader in efficiency in acquisition of information from the environment. We all share this…...
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part I
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Principles Part I by DrB • August 29, 2012 • 0 Comments Basics of Visual System Anatomy Introduction Vision is the ability to use our eyes to understand the physical world without touching it, and to use visual information for thinking and for calculating muscle movements. Vision relies upon one’s understanding of where the…...
Oculomotor Testing and Training Part I
Oculomotor Testing and Training Intro Eye Movements Eye movement testing has benefitted from advances both in science and technology. Maples and his coworkers have greatly refined the gross testing of eye movements by observation with the NSUCO standardization. Eye movement recording has been improved by the use of goggles with LEDs and sensitive photocells that…...
Equipment List
Equipment List of Equipment equipment vendor approximate price* black eye patches (dozen) Bernell $14.00 pegboard rotator Bernell $93.00 Developmental Eye Movement test Bernell $46.00 Ann Arbor letter tracking workbooks Academic Therapy $22.00 pickup sticks toy store or dollar store $1.00-5.00 stopwatch discount store $3.00 flippers (±1D, ±1.5D, ±2D) Bernell, Gulden Ophthalmics $130.00 Correct Eye Scope…...
Accommodative Testing & Training
Accommodation Testing and Training Intro Accommodation has been shown in several studies to be the major cause of symptoms in binocular vision dysfunctions. In our experience, a major cause of regression of binocular dysfunctions after therapy is accommodative issues that have not addressed in therapy. Therefore, it is critical to the success of your program…...