By Dr. Sharon Summers|2023-09-03T09:16:09-04:00April 20th, 2020|Categories: Reading, Special Education|Tags: convergence insufficiency, reading disability, vision therapy|
Some students who experience reading problems do not have a learning disability. Instead, the muscles in their eyes do not focus well when they are reading things up close. These students may have 20-20 vision but still complain Read more...
By Dr. Sharon Summers|2020-04-19T17:47:06-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: Special Education|Tags: convergence insufficiency, lazy eye, vision, visual impairment|
Information on this page is not intended as medical advice. Concern's about your child's vision should be addressed with a qualified health care professional. From lazy eye to cross eyes, a number of different vision Read more...
By Dr. Sharon Summers|2020-04-19T17:03:18-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: Special Education|Tags: vision, vision therapy, visual impairment|
Vision therapy is a controversial treatment option used with children who have reading disabilities. Vision therapy is most often prescribed by an optometrist, who also offers the treatment at an additional cost. Decades of research, including many brain imaging Read more...
By Dr. Sharon Summers|2020-04-19T17:04:05-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: Reading, Special Education|Tags: convergence insufficiency, dyslexia, reading disability, vision|
In a quest to find help with a child's reading problems, many parents turn to vision specialists for answers. Google vision problems and dyslexia and you'll find many a web page dedicated to telling you how vision therapy will Read more...
By Dr. Sharon Summers|2020-04-19T17:03:52-04:00April 19th, 2020|Categories: Reading, Special Education|Tags: convergence insufficiency, dyslexia, reading disability, vision|
Convergence Insufficiency is a vision problem that happens when a person's eyes don't focus correctly when they are looking at a book or another up-close item. The ability of both eyes to turn and work together is called binocular Read more...
By Dr. Sharon Summers|2020-04-14T11:42:40-04:00April 14th, 2020|Categories: Special Education|Tags: diagnosing, IDEA, learning disability|
Watching a child struggle to learn how to read can be frustrating for parents. How is it possible, then, for a school to test a child - acknowledge that the child is not reading at grade level - and Read more...
By Dr. Sharon Summers|2020-04-14T11:35:51-04:00April 14th, 2020|Categories: Special Education|Tags: diagnosing, dyslexia|
Private educational evaluations are not required to follow federal regulations for diagnosing a learning disability. However, being familiar wtih nationally accepted diagnostic standards helps guide good educational decision making and planning processes. Before dyslexia, or any learning disability, can Read more...
By Dr. Sharon Summers|2020-04-14T11:23:37-04:00April 14th, 2020|Categories: Special Education|Tags: dyslexia, reading|
"Dyslexia" is an umbrella term used by many people to talk about a variety of reading problems. "Dyslexia", however, is not an official diagnosis that you will get from testing. Children found to have a reading disability will most Read more...
