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Vision Therapy - Does it really help?
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| S. f. S. 2004-10-29, 4:07 am |
| Hi
I am doing OT (Ocupational Therapy) for children and Etc. I cam across children
who were ADD and the similar who were directed to "Vision Therapy". There ADD
problem was rather blamed on there poor vision (not sight) capability,
therefore they are frustrated not being able to see straight .. so they go
wild. VISION THERAPY; What is it all about? I did some researche where one web
site linked me to many others. Would you be able to tell me more about it
please?? One which striked most was:
www.DrHenryEttinger.com
Please, if you can enlighten me more about vision therpay for kids AND if it
really helps.
Thanks so much!
thanx,
Sus S.
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| Mike Tyner 2004-10-29, 7:08 am |
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"S. f. S." <esfes@aol.comWALLS> wrote
> Please, if you can enlighten me more about vision therpay for kids AND if
> it
> really helps.
Vision problems can contribute to learning disability, but most doctors
don't believe attention deficit disorder is caused by vision problems.
-MT
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| Dr Judy 2004-10-30, 7:09 pm |
| "S. f. S." <esfes@aol.comWALLS> wrote in message
news:20041029042655.06839.00000839@mb-m15.aol.com...
> Hi
>
> I am doing OT (Ocupational Therapy) for children and Etc. I cam across
> children
> who were ADD and the similar who were directed to "Vision Therapy". There
> ADD
> problem was rather blamed on there poor vision (not sight) capability,
> therefore they are frustrated not being able to see straight .. so they go
> wild. VISION THERAPY; What is it all about? I did some researche where
> one web
> site linked me to many others. Would you be able to tell me more about it
> please?? One which striked most was:
> www.DrHenryEttinger.com
>
> Please, if you can enlighten me more about vision therpay for kids AND if
> it
> really helps.
If a child has a visual perceptual problem, it can interfere with reading
whether or not the child also has ADD. If the problem is largely visual
motor, VT will be of benefit. Of course, once the vision problem is
addressed, the ADD remains.
If the problem is language related ie decoding, sequencing, comprehension
then VT will be of lesser benefit. Many children with a vision perception
problem also have an auditory or language deficit and both problems should
be addressed. An assessment by an educational psychologist should be done,
it will identify visual perception, auditory perception, attention and
learning style problems which can then be individually addressed.
Although a few children with vision problems may have behaviours that
teachers and parents could mistake for ADD, vision problems do not cause
ADD. A professional medical and /or psychological diagnosis of ADD is
usually accurate.
Dr Judy
>
> Thanks so much!
>
>
> thanx,
> Sus S.
>
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| Francine 2004-10-30, 10:09 pm |
| Hi Everybody,
I have been so busy with school, I haven't had time to post lately. As the
regulars here know, I am an advocate for vision therapy, having had a course
of it myself, and I would say that what the docs have stated is correct.
Visual motor problems do NOT cause ADD. What my own ODs who gave me vision
training have said that ADD is often accompanied by visual motor problems
and correcting these problems makes the ADD more manageable. Apparently the
cause or causes of ADD are unknown, as are the causes of visual motor
problems but it is likely that neurological problems are involved in both
conditions. Sus mentioned occupational therapy and it is also true that some
of the OT treatments and VT treatments overlap, especially the use of prisms
in VT and when treating cases of traumatic brain injury. I do not know the
mechanism of "neurological repair" but I believe that both OT and VT take
advantage of the plasticity of the brain and its ability to both repair and
rewire itself. This is not really esoteric stuff, BTW. A person can read
about this, say, in any introductory Psych textbook.
Cheers,
Francine.
in article a8WdnTmKqsMyIB7cRVn-2w@rogers.com, Dr Judy at
mpace99nospam@rogers.com wrote on 10/30/04 12:13 PM:
> "S. f. S." <esfes@aol.comWALLS> wrote in message
> news:20041029042655.06839.00000839@mb-m15.aol.com...
>
> If a child has a visual perceptual problem, it can interfere with reading
> whether or not the child also has ADD. If the problem is largely visual
> motor, VT will be of benefit. Of course, once the vision problem is
> addressed, the ADD remains.
>
> If the problem is language related ie decoding, sequencing, comprehension
> then VT will be of lesser benefit. Many children with a vision perception
> problem also have an auditory or language deficit and both problems should
> be addressed. An assessment by an educational psychologist should be done,
> it will identify visual perception, auditory perception, attention and
> learning style problems which can then be individually addressed.
>
> Although a few children with vision problems may have behaviours that
> teachers and parents could mistake for ADD, vision problems do not cause
> ADD. A professional medical and /or psychological diagnosis of ADD is
> usually accurate.
>
> Dr Judy
>
>
>
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| Dr Judy 2004-11-01, 11:09 am |
| "S. f. S." <esfes@aol.comWALLS> wrote in message
news:20041029042655.06839.00000839@mb-m15.aol.com...
> Hi
>
> I am doing OT (Ocupational Therapy) for children and Etc. I cam across
> children
> who were ADD and the similar who were directed to "Vision Therapy". There
> ADD
> problem was rather blamed on there poor vision (not sight) capability,
> therefore they are frustrated not being able to see straight .. so they go
> wild. VISION THERAPY; What is it all about? I did some researche where
> one web
> site linked me to many others. Would you be able to tell me more about it
> please?? One which striked most was:
> www.DrHenryEttinger.com
>
> Please, if you can enlighten me more about vision therpay for kids AND if
> it
> really helps.
If a child has a visual perceptual problem, it can interfere with reading
whether or not the child also has ADD. If the problem is largely visual
motor, VT will be of benefit. Of course, once the vision problem is
addressed, the ADD remains.
If the problem is language related ie decoding, sequencing, comprehension
then VT will be of lesser benefit. Many children with a vision perception
problem also have an auditory or language deficit and both problems should
be addressed. An assessment by an educational psychologist should be done,
it will identify visual perception, auditory perception, attention and
learning style problems which can then be individually addressed.
Although a few children with vision problems may have behaviours that
teachers and parents could mistake for ADD, vision problems do not cause
ADD. A professional medical and /or psychological diagnosis of ADD is
usually accurate.
Dr Judy
>
> Thanks so much!
>
>
> thanx,
> Sus S.
>
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| Scott Seidman 2004-11-01, 7:12 pm |
| Francine <feisner@earthlink.net> wrote in news:BDA9AF7A.5D51%
feisner@earthlink.net:
> What my own ODs who gave me vision
> training have said that ADD is often accompanied by visual motor problems
> and correcting these problems makes the ADD more manageable.
What are the visuo-motor problems associated with ADD, and can you point me
to a paper that has these problems recorded?
Scott
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| chloeshih@hotmail.com 2004-11-01, 7:12 pm |
| "Mike Tyner" <mtyner@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:<Jyogd.11298$5i5.5350@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>...
> "S. f. S." <esfes@aol.comWALLS> wrote
>
>
> Vision problems can contribute to learning disability, but most doctors
> don't believe attention deficit disorder is caused by vision problems.
>
> -MT
Try http://www.covd.org/
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| Rishi Giovanni Gatti 2004-11-01, 10:08 pm |
| The only thing that works, if you do it is this http://TheCentralFixation.com
esfes@aol.comWALLS (S. f. S.) wrote in message news:<20041029042655.06839.00000839@mb-m15.aol.com>...
> Hi
>
> I am doing OT (Ocupational Therapy) for children and Etc. I cam across children
> who were ADD and the similar who were directed to "Vision Therapy". There ADD
> problem was rather blamed on there poor vision (not sight) capability,
> therefore they are frustrated not being able to see straight .. so they go
> wild. VISION THERAPY; What is it all about? I did some researche where one web
> site linked me to many others. Would you be able to tell me more about it
> please?? One which striked most was:
> www.DrHenryEttinger.com
>
> Please, if you can enlighten me more about vision therpay for kids AND if it
> really helps.
>
> Thanks so much!
>
>
> thanx,
> Sus S.
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| Francine 2004-11-02, 11:13 am |
| Hi Everybody,
I have been so busy with school, I haven't had time to post lately. As the
regulars here know, I am an advocate for vision therapy, having had a course
of it myself, and I would say that what the docs have stated is correct.
Visual motor problems do NOT cause ADD. What my own ODs who gave me vision
training have said that ADD is often accompanied by visual motor problems
and correcting these problems makes the ADD more manageable. Apparently the
cause or causes of ADD are unknown, as are the causes of visual motor
problems but it is likely that neurological problems are involved in both
conditions. Sus mentioned occupational therapy and it is also true that some
of the OT treatments and VT treatments overlap, especially the use of prisms
in VT and when treating cases of traumatic brain injury. I do not know the
mechanism of "neurological repair" but I believe that both OT and VT take
advantage of the plasticity of the brain and its ability to both repair and
rewire itself. This is not really esoteric stuff, BTW. A person can read
about this, say, in any introductory Psych textbook.
Cheers,
Francine.
in article a8WdnTmKqsMyIB7cRVn-2w@rogers.com, Dr Judy at
mpace99nospam@rogers.com wrote on 10/30/04 12:13 PM:
> "S. f. S." <esfes@aol.comWALLS> wrote in message
> news:20041029042655.06839.00000839@mb-m15.aol.com...
>
> If a child has a visual perceptual problem, it can interfere with reading
> whether or not the child also has ADD. If the problem is largely visual
> motor, VT will be of benefit. Of course, once the vision problem is
> addressed, the ADD remains.
>
> If the problem is language related ie decoding, sequencing, comprehension
> then VT will be of lesser benefit. Many children with a vision perception
> problem also have an auditory or language deficit and both problems should
> be addressed. An assessment by an educational psychologist should be done,
> it will identify visual perception, auditory perception, attention and
> learning style problems which can then be individually addressed.
>
> Although a few children with vision problems may have behaviours that
> teachers and parents could mistake for ADD, vision problems do not cause
> ADD. A professional medical and /or psychological diagnosis of ADD is
> usually accurate.
>
> Dr Judy
>
>
>
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| Scott Seidman 2004-11-04, 2:10 am |
| Francine <feisner@earthlink.net> wrote in news:BDA9AF7A.5D51%
feisner@earthlink.net:
> What my own ODs who gave me vision
> training have said that ADD is often accompanied by visual motor problems
> and correcting these problems makes the ADD more manageable.
What are the visuo-motor problems associated with ADD, and can you point me
to a paper that has these problems recorded?
Scott
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