Taking your child to a sunshine coast optometrist can be a scary thing. Many are skilled at testing and diagnosing adults, but children are a completely different thing all together! Some have trouble understanding what they are being asked, some wriggle and squirm in the chair and others are defiant! One Sunshine Coast Optometrist…
DetailsI believe the behavioural optometrist offers a unique perspective on myopia or short sight control. Well known for their work with children, especially children with learning disabilities, the behavioural optometrist can bring the same principles and ideas to treat a number of eye problems including concentration and productivity issues, sports vision and short sightedness. How…
DetailsOn the Sunshine Coast Optometrist practices are everywhere, in most major shopping centres and suburbs, so why should you travel further to a particular Optometrist practice rather than go down the road to your local practitioner? The only valid reason for traveling further is that the more distant one offers something that the local one…
DetailsDarin Browne is the sunshine coast optometrist parents are turning to in their efforts to help their children. Having spent over 25 years pursuing the study of children and learning difficulties, Darin has written and developed his own brand of targeted vision therapy that is changing the lives of children across the Sunshine Coast. More…
DetailsIf you are the parent of a child with a learning disabilities, then a behavioural optometrist could supply the answers you are looking for! A behavioural optometrist has a special interest in children, especially those who are struggling with learning disabilities. These types of children are often typified by reduced concentration for near tasks, and…
DetailsMany people do not understand the difference between a behavioural optometrist and a standard optometrist. Some think it is a badly behaved optometrist, or is it one who somehow assess behaviour, but the truth has very little to do with either of these! Behavioural optometrists are those who assess a person’s eyes and visual performance…
DetailsShort sightedness treatment is becoming a key issue in our modern society due to the marked increase in short sightedness or myopia, particularly among the young and teens. With the rise of ipods, iphones, computers and the internet the sad fact is that we expect to see myopia increase, and most Optometrists seem powerless to…
DetailsA cheap eye test can be found all over our area these days and many parents, who are instructed by concerned teachers to have their child’s eyes tested, believe that if they take their child to have a cheap eye test, then everything is OK. The fact is that such an eye examination can be…
DetailsEye testing for learning disabilities in children is one of the most overlooked facets of the entire learning disabilities or dyslexia debate. Teachers and educators feel that, if the child can see print, then there must be nothing wrong with their eyes. The may have even sent them for an eye test and been told…
DetailsBeing a Sunshine Coast Optometrist really means something to me. Not stuck in a city, not being forced to work in a retail situation upselling people into glasses that they do not need, being a Sunshine Coast Optometrist means not only a great lifestyle but also the freedom to practice in a way that is…
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