Vision works by involving more than just the ability to distinguish fine details (visual acuity), and vision problems can be present even with healthy eyes and seeing clearly. Difficulties can occur in eye muscle control and coordination, since vision also involves focusing, eye aiming, binocularity, fixation and eye movement abilities, eye-hand coordination, and visual form perception.
Vision therapy is designed to improve a person’s visual abilities, each program devised to suit the specific needs of the individual.
By using a variety of means – lenses, prisms, 3D activities, and specialized computer software – Vision Therapy improves, or eliminates conditions such as:
• Lazy Eye
• Crossed Eye
• Wandering Eye
• Eye Alignment
• Eye Coordination Problems
• Perception Problems
• ADD
• ADHD
• Autism
Since glasses, contact lenses and surgery usually cannot treat these disorders, vision therapy has been found to be an effective option.
ADD and ADHD are both a brain disorder, which manifests through an ongoing pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity. The disorder interferes with functioning or development, some people only having problems with one of the behaviors, while others, such as most children, have both inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity.
Vision Therapy can help a person pay attention by developing and improving visual skills; children and adults can sustain attention, read and write without careless errors, give meaning to what they hear and see, and rely less on movement to stay alert.
One of the greatest myths about vision therapy is that it only works for children up to certain age. Vision therapy can help, no matter the age, due to brain plasticity – the ability of the brain to rewire itself. There are numerous studies showing that the improvements are possible also for older individuals, and books written by adults who benefited immensely from the vision therapy. Dr. Sue Barry, in her book “Fixing my Gaze”, writes about how successful vision therapy was for her at the age of 47!
While the majority of our patients are children, we are also able to help adults with their treatments and exercises. We encourage you to take our free symptoms survey to see if you may benefit from the vision therapy.
Success of vision therapy depends on different factors, but some of the essential ones are persistence and performing vision therapy exercises regularly.
At Vision Development Center of Lancaster, we offer programs designed to address very specific sets of vision disorders displayed by an individual patient. Most of our patients experience full results upon its completion, and are mainly free from ADD/ADHD symptoms or able to lower medication dosage, and/or stop taking medication.
The world renowned Doctor Arthur Seiderman’s program includes Drug – Free, Non- Invasive, Natural Treatments for symptoms of ADD and ADHD that can change your life, or the life of your loved one.
Looking for vision therapy techniques, therapy for ADHD, or ADD therapists in Lancaster PA? We invite you to contact us today – call our office at (717) 656-0534 today to make an appointment, or take our Vision Quiz.