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of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development, the national certifying
organization of optometrists specializing in vision therapy. The search
option will help you find a vision therapy doctor in your area:
http://www.covd.org
Another
good resource to find a vision therapy optometrist in your area: http://www.optometrists.org/
Fun
site with great eye exercises to promote good visual health: http://www.eyecanlearn.com
Excellent
site packed full of great Information on vision therapy: http://www.vision-therapy.com/
Good
information source on children's visual health, vision disorders, and vision
therapy: http://www.children-special-needs.org/
Stories
from real patients who
have experienced the life-changing benefits of vision therapy: http://www.visiontherapystories.org/
Optometric
Extension Program, a national optometric foundation dedicated to vision
therapy training and education: http://www.healthy.net/oep/VISION.HTM
Excellent
information on vision and learning: http://www.visionandlearning.org
Parents
Active for Vision Education (PAVE), a national nonprofit organization
dedicated to informing the public, parents, and teachers about children's
vision problems: http://www.pavevision.org
Learning
Problems - The Visual Connection:
This 75-minute seminar is available on the Internet to educate parents,
teachers, schools, and health care providers about vision-related learning
problems that are often undiagnosed in children.
Excellent
site dedicated to providing information on vision therapy, www.visiontherapy.org,
including the following links:
Frequently
asked questions about vision therapy: visiontherapy.org/vision-therapy/faqs/vision-therapy-FAQs.html#Q:2
The
scientific support for vision therapy: http://www.visiontherapy.org/vision-therapy/vision-therapy-studies.html
Information
on Vision Therapy for Health Care Professionals by the American Academy of
Optometry and the American Optometric Association: http://www.visiontherapy.org/vision-therapy/pdfs/02_vt_info_AOA_AAO.pdf
An
article about vision therapy from the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine: Vision
Training
Web
site on vision and depth perception, vision problems, and vision therapy:
http://www.vision3D.com/
Online
information on vision and vision therapy: http://www.visionhelp.com/index.htm
Information
on vision and learning from WebMD: http://my.webmd.com/content/article/11/1668_51242
A
discussion of vision development and vision therapy by an educational
specialist: http://www.autism.org/visual.html
An
Attention Deficit Disorder web site explains how certain vision disorders are
sometimes mistaken for ADD or ADHD: http://www.add-adhd.org/index.html
Research
on eye teaming disorder and ADD/ADHD: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2000_04_12_Shiley.html
Excellent
annotated bibliography of research regarding the effectiveness of vision
therapy: http://www.agape1.com/research.htm
Site
dedicated to providing good information on strabismus ("crossed
eyes"): http://www.strabismus.org/
Site
dedicated to providing good information on lazy eye: http://www.lazyeye.org/
Site
dedicated to providing good information about vision and traumatic brain
injury: http://www.braininjuries.org/
Information
on vision therapy as the best treatment option for crossed eyes: http://www.sola.com/consumers/conditions/crossed_eyes.html
Pharmacists
Planning Service (PPSI), a nonprofit informational organization for
pharmacists, is striving to inform the public about how undetected vision
problems is often mistaken for ADHD: http://www.ppsinc.org/childeye.htm
Web
site with good ADD/ADHD information that encourages parents to have their
child's vision evaluated to ensure poor visual skills are not contributing to
the child's inability to stay on task and pay attention: http://www.addchoices.com/vision.html
Good
information on children's vision and vision therapy: http://www.visiontherapycenter.com/
Site
dedicated to providing information on vision therapy: http://www.visiontherapy.org/
Information
on rehabilitation of injury-induced vision problems: http://www.nora.cc/
Photographs
of children in therapy with good information about visual disorders: http://www.lifetimeeyecare.net/therapy.html
Great
information on the visual processes involved in reading: http://members.aol.com/twoeyedox/vision.htm
Good
visual demonstrations showing how children with poor visual processing skills
see: http://members.aol.com/twoeyedox/EyeVisInfo.htm
A
learning disabilities specialist discusses how poor visual perception can
affect learning: http://parentpals.com/gossamer/pages/Detailed/890.html
The
results of one school's collaborative effort with a developmental optometrist
to provide vision therapy to students with vision problems and the
improvements in the children's reading compared to students who did not
receive vision therapy: http://www.successlink.org/ppss/element/pp_blue.asp
http://www.successlink.org/ppss/ppss_detail.asp?ID=40
A
discussion from the National Center for Learning Disabilities on the ways
visual processing and perceptual deficits can impede learning: http://www.ncld.org/LDInfoZone/InfoZone_FactSheet_VisualPD_Details.cfm
LD
Online offers a discussion about the ways deficits in visual information
processing can affect learning: http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/process_deficit/visual_auditory.html
A
discussion of how poor visual oculomotor skills contribute attention problems
and impulsivity: http://www.yourfamilyclinic.com/adhd/vision.html
A
discussion of how visual processing deficits are often mistaken for ADD from
the mother of a daughter with visual perceptual deficits: http://www.womenof.com/Articles/fc061499.asp
An
independent, non-profit educational cooperative discusses the vital role
vision plays in learning: http://www.prel.org/products/paced/mar02/pc_vonoelhoffen.htm
Excellent
discussion of the role vision plays in the classroom published by Restored
Hope Remedial Services: http://hope-christian.org/pdf/closepoint.PDF
Educator's
Guide to Classroom Vision Problems: http://www.wkbt.com/global/story.asp?s=1784655&ClientType=Printable
Good
information on infants and children's vision: http://www.hollywoodvision.com/html/children_infant_vision.html
InfantSEE™
is a free public health program for children during their first year of life:
www.infantsee.org
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