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Rod Everson
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Date Posted: 09:41:55 02/09/12 Thu
In reply to:
Angela
's message, "Re: Who would you recommend?" on 07:45:23 02/09/12 Thu
You say your son's vision was fine, but the developmental optometrist recommended vision therapy. While the acuity of each eye was probably fine, he apparently had trouble with visual skills, hence, the tracking problem. And visual skills are what is normally addressed with vision therapy.
You're right, vision therapy is still controversial, but thanks to the internet, more and more parents have been able to share their experiences about how vision therapy helped their children when nothing else did, and those first-hand descriptions are gradually turning the tide.
I have a lot of experience teaching phonics to kids who've undergone vision therapy. They almost always picked up the phonics instruction once their vision skills were in place. I've no ax to grind here. I've just seen vision therapy work for a lot of kids who struggle with reading; I've also seen cases where it didn't appear to the parents to be helpful, but again, I could usually get phonics into the child's head after vision therapy.
The problem is that vision therapy doesn't, by itself, teach a child to read, and some parents are disappointed when they spend the money but their child still doesn't read. Well, someone still has to teach that skill too; it's just easier to accomplish once essential vision skills are in place.
Rod Everson
OnTrack Reading: The Vision Piece of the Dyslexia Puzzle
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