As an Optometrist I need to know that I am providing a great eye exam for all of my patients. However, most people have no idea what constitutes a great eye exam and so settle for an inferior test without even knowing it! To the average consumer, one eye exam is pretty much the same…
DetailsThe people are often confused as to how a Behavioural Optometrist differs from regular optometry. This failure to recognize the difference between the two can lead to children having less than adequate eye testing, especially with regards to learning difficulties. Therefore it is important for parents to understand the difference between a Behavioural Optometrist and…
DetailsAt Eye CU, your Sunshine Coast optometrist, we’re always trying to find improved ways of taking care of your eyes. One of the worst eye conditions today is macular degeneration, and we are excited to have just taken delivery of a brand new instrument which could one day save your sight! Macular degeneration is…
DetailsIf you are the parent of a child with learning disabilities, reading help for children may seem like an enigma. In fact, if doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is a definition for insanity, then most reading help for children may look like insanity to you! If you are struggling…
DetailsVision Therapy and the Learning Disability Association If you are looking for a learning disability association then there are many things to consider, especially if you are interested in vision therapy for your child with learning disabilities. Associations for parents of children with a learning disability exist in many countries around the world, yet with…
DetailsChildren Learning Disabilities and Vision Therapy Vision Therapy can be a very effective tool for treating children learning disabilities, and it remains one of the most practical and easy to implement therapies available to help learning disabilities worldwide. Helping children with learning disabilities is a controversial and often confusing task because professionals working in the…
DetailsLearning Disabilities Worldwide Vision therapy is one of the most exciting areas of help for children with learning disabilities worldwide such as reading problems and dyslexia, but the cost involved can be prohibitive. Vision therapy is often hard to find, even in countries like the UK, USA or Australia. If you live outside of those…
DetailsDiagnosing Learning Disabilities with Learning Disability Testing Learning disability testing for diagnosing learning disabilities is a difficult and often controversial area. With no specific testing available which directly yields the diagnosis “learning disability”, is comes down to a variety of practitioners using a battery of tests to “piece together” the diagnosis of a child with…
DetailsLearning Disability Resources Providing children with learning disabilities resources that actually make a difference in their development has been a passion of mine for over 20 years. Despite the fact that diagnosing learning disabilities is a very broad subject, not often agreed upon among professionals, the learning difficulties definition is far easier to tie down:…
DetailsChildren and Learning Disability Resources: Statistics or Solutions? If you are looking for learning disability resources, then you are not alone! It has been estimated that 30-50% of children in our schools have learning difficulties. Exactly what form this takes can vary, and so estimates also vary accordingly, but the fact remains: A large proportion…
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