Vision and Learning: How Undiagnosed Vision Problems Cause Learning Difficulties and What You Can Do to Unlock Your Child's Academic Potential - A Guide for Parents and Professionals

by Heike Schuhmacher

Does your child struggle with reading and writing and cannot keep up in school? The school psychologist has attested to normal intelligence and visual tests confirm perfect eyesight? Nonetheless, your childs learning disability can be caused by undetected problems with visual functions and information processing. These disorders can not be diagnosed by routine visual acuity tests, yet have devastating effects on a child´s academic performance and personal development. Affected children face barriers in reading and spelling that prevent them from meeting their full intellectual potential, and limits their educational opportunities. Millions of children today struggle due to disorders in binocular functions and visual information processing. One in four American school children suffers from undetected perceptual problems. They have difficulty focusing, their information processing speed is too slow, their brain is unable to adequately process visual or auditory perceptions. What are the underlying causes? What are the indicators to be aware of? And most importantly, what can you do to help your child? A comprehensive analysis of visual brain functions is an essential first step. The good news is that vision is an acquired brain function, and thanks to the brain’s neuroplasticity, one can improve visual functions through training and focused learning. With Optometric Vision Therapy, children and adults alike can train their visual functions, improve their ability to focus, increase their speed in reading and comprehension, the ability to “scan in” spelling details and develop excellent visual memory. This book seeks to educate and provide an accessible framework for parents, educators, and therapists. “Vision and A Guide for Parents and Professionals” inform parents, teachers, and therapists of children affected by disorders of visual function and processing about the connections between vision and learning; explore the neurophysiological processes underlying our visual and auditory functions, the meaning behind terms like ”visual information processing” and “auditory information processing,” and the impact they have on our cognition, intelligence, concentration and overall ability to learn; explain the typical symptoms of disorders of visual and auditory functions and processing, and why children with these conditions need therapy; describe how such disorders can be diagnosed; outline why and how Optometric Vision Therapy works; provide information for parents and professionals about the necessary support and assistance children with perceptual problems require.

257 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 21, 2018

Reviews

[Nicktimebreak · Rating 3 out of 5]

相比其他两本一起绑定购入的（《斜视与弱视》、《斜视康复之路》），这本内容显得过于学术化，不少篇幅浪费在讲解视力的生理学内容上，甚至还有一节专门在讲听力的。个人观点看其他两本就够了。