The Wichita Vision Development Center is the largest optometric practice in Kansas devoted solely to children's visual development. We specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of vision-based learning problem, as well as crossed or wandering eyes and lazy eyes. 

Beginning in 1985 we originally saw patients in the therapy room at Child and Family Optometry.  However, as we helped more and more patients and word spread about the changes vision therapy was making in the lives of our patients, we found our space too limited to meet the needs of all those who came to us for help.  It became increasingly obvious that the Wichita area needed a full-time clinic dedicated solely to vision therapy. The doctors and therapy staff began to dream, and the Wichita Vision Development Center opened it's doors on January 1, 2000.  It seemed appropriate that the new clinic should make its entrance with the new millennium, for both were new beginnings full of promise and hope!

The Wichita Development Center has continued to grow and fulfill its mission to help those who need our care.  We've treated patients from all over Kansas and northern Oklahoma and see more and more patients each year.  In fact, from our beginnings in the single therapy room twenty years ago until now, we've calculated that we've provided more than 50,000 hours of therapy!  Most gratifying of all, many of our patients come back to visit and tell us what a difference our care has made to them.  While we may have grown and changed over the years, our mission has not. We will continue to improve our patients' vision so they have the visual tools they need for positive changes in their lives!

Click here to meet the dedicated doctors and staff of the Wichita Vision Development Center!

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Our Mission

The Wichita Vision Development Center is dedicated to the hundreds of children who suffer from undiagnosed vision problems. We commit ourselves to serving all children whose visual systems make it difficult for them to read, learn, and remain on task; those facing the unique challenges of living with lazy, crossed, or wandering eyes; and  adults whose compromised visual systems interfere with their quality of life.

Our mission is to provide:

Help by identifying the underlying vision deficits that are hindering the child’s ability to perform at his or her potential,  

Hope by educating parents and teachers on the steps that can be taken to permanently correct the problem and tear down the visual barriers blocking the child’s future. 

The Highest Standard of Treatment that actively involves the patient, parents, therapy staff, and doctors in a team effort to permanently restore the child’s visual system to normal,  

Compassionate and Empathetic Support by offering encouragement and guidance and when necessary, acting as the child’s advocate with educators and other health care professionals.

Consideration and Dignity for all Patients, realizing the distress a dysfunctional vision system places on all our patients, child and adult alike. 

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Information Included on our Site

Vision and Learning
   -Learning to See:  How vision develops, & what to know if there's a problem
   -Symptoms Checklist:  Is your child at risk for vision-based learning problems?
   -Beyond 20/20:  School-aged children need visual skills besides 20/20 vision
   -Vision & Reading: The visual skills children need to read and learn
   -Vision & Dyslexia:  Untreated vision problems can look like dyslexia
   -Vision & ADD/ADHD:  Children with vision problems are often misdiagnosed.
Strabismus & Amblyopia
   -Crossed and Wandering Eyes:  Normal two-eyes vision without surgery
   -Lazy Eye (amblyopia): Teaching the eye to see normally. 
Vision Therapy
   - Vision Therapy: Treatment for vision problems that glasses can't correct
   -Photos of Therapy:  Pictures of patients doing therapy to improve vision
   -Developmental Optometrists:  Specialists in children's vision care
   -Bifocals for Children:  Stress-relieving lenses to help children cope
   -Therapy for Adults:  Adult concerns with uncorrected vision problems
   -Success Stories: Stories of patients whose lives have improved with therapy
Additional Resources
   -Find a Doctor Near You:  Find a specialist in your area.
   -VT in the News: Newspaper and online stories highlighting vision therappy
   -Effectiveness of VT:  American Optometric Assn supports the benefits of VT  
   -Research Bibliography:  Research, studies, and professional articles
   -Other Information:  Updates and instructional videos on vision-related issues.
   -Just for Fun!:  Fun exercises to sharpen your visual skills!
   -Links:  Links to other good sites about vision therapy
About Us--Sponsors of the Children's Vision Information Network
    -Wichita Vision Development Center:  Wichita, KS Vision Therapy clinic
    -Child & Family Optometry:  Wichita, KS family eye care
    -Doctors and Vision Therapy Staff:  Meet our dedicated doctors
    -Free Vision Screenings:  Free vision screenings for at-risk Kansas children
    -Contact Us:  Need more information?  Please contact our clinic!