There is long been a close relationship between behavioural optometry and learning difficulties. In a world where learning difficulties seem to be more common, behavioural optometry exercises a unique role in helping these children. Clearly there is a relationship between learning, Reading and the ability to see. But behavioural optometry and learning difficulties goes far…
Kids are not mini grownups, and as a behavioural optometrist I am dedicated to not treating them like that! Kids have their own specialised visual needs and require special tests, not the same tests an adult experiences. When providing an adult with an eye test, we need to analyze eye health, eye pressures and lenses…
Fighting dyslexia among local school children is a passion for one Sunshine Coast Optometrist, and he is seeing real break through! Dr Darin Browne has been a Behavioural Optometrist for over 20 years, and has a unique perspective on a problem that is every parent’s worst nightmare for their child. “With no uniform definition for…
Visiting any one of many sunshine coast optometrist practices may be scary for a child. Many may be expert at testing and diagnosing adults, however children are a completely different thing all together! Some youngsters are defiant, some don’t understand what you might be asking and some squirm and wriggle when we try and take…