Happy Holidays from your friends at the Vision & Conceptual Development Center! While this is far from an exhaustive list, the following gift suggestions all support development of visual-spatial skills. Many are favorites in our office and homes, and most of the gifts in the elementary and up category are fun for a variety of ages and can be tailored to various skill levels. If you have questions about how to adjust the difficulty level of a gift for a particular person, ple

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Imagine developing three months of improvement in visual skills in as little as two weeks! This is a great option for those with: Vision challenges of lower complexity, or who just want a jump start A busy Fall schedule– school, sports– not a lot of time to dedicate to a traditional vision therapy program Trouble keeping up with prescribed home vision therapy practice Motivation to get their problem solved quickly, such as upcoming SAT/ACT or college The Summer Accelerator Pr

It is important to understand that while our eyes take in visual information, that information is sent to the brain where it is processed. If the information that is sent to the brain is faulty, it can make learning very difficult. While learning disability websites list a variety of accommodations that can help children with Visual Information Processing Disorders, it is important for parents and educators to understand that these are signs that a correctable vision problem

The most recent Review of Optometry has three news items emphasizing the importance of infant and child eye and vision evaluation– not just a screening done by the pediatrician or school nurse. The first describes how retinoblastoma, a rare but potentially fatal eye cancer found in children, can be detected by the appearance of a white pupil in baby photos. It used to be thought that early stage eye cancer couldn’t be detected this way, but a recent study found that early dis