• Links
• Recommended Reading
• Professional Workshops

• New - In Press (2009)
  Visual Factors in Childhood Behavioural Disorders.
• American Journal of Occupational Therapy 2005
  Visual function significantly distinguishes between children with and without reading and academic problems.
• American Optometric Association
  The Effectiveness of Vision Therapy in Improving Visual Function.
• Archives of Opthamology 2008
  New Research on Convergence Insufficiency.
• Archives of Opthamology 2005
  Randomized Trial of Treatment of Amblyopia in Children Aged 7 to 17 Years.
• Archives of Opthamology 2005
  Controlled Study Demonstrates Value of Professional Therapy.
• Journal of Learning Disabilities, Nov. 2003
  Vision Therapy improves Reading Comprehension.
• Neuropsychologia 2007
  Prisms throw light on developmental disorders.
• NeuroRehabilitation 2006
  Oculomotor rehabilitation for reading in acquired brain injury.
• Strabismus, Dec. 2005
  The Relationship between Convergence Insufficiency and ADHD.

Documents

• Optometry & Vision Development 2009
  PDF Format: The Role of Optometry in Early Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Additional References

Ciuffreeda KJ The scientific basis for and efficacy of optometric vision therapy in non-strabismic accommodative and vergence disorders. Optometry 2002 Dec; 73 (12):735-62.
This article summarizes models of the accommodative (eye focusing) and vergence (eye teaming systems), as well as cure rates of vision therapy for problems with accommodation and vergence.

Vision Help Network Member Sites

• Dr. Stanley A. Appelbaum, SAAB Development Center.
• Dr. Dan L. Fortenbacher,WOW Vision Therapy Centers- St. Joseph
• Dr. Neil W. Draisin, The Draisin Vision Group.
• Dr. Gary Etting, Vision Development Center.
• Dr. Carl G. Hillier, San Diego Center for Vision Care.
• Dr. Carole Hong, Hong & Stasko Optometry.
• Dr. Leonard J. Press, The Vision & Learning Center.
• Dr. Barry Tannen, Eye Care Professionals.
• Dr. Nancy Torgerson, Alderwood Vision Therapy.

More Information About Vision Therapy

• ADD/ADHD, Vision & Learning.
• All About Vision.
• Children's Vision Information Network.
• Magic Eye: Visual Training Information
• Pediatric Eye Care. Parenting Info on Children's Strabismus.
• What is Vision Therapy?

 

Organizations and Associations Dedicated to Vision Care

• American Optometic Association
• College of Optometrists in Vision Development
• The Neuro Optometric Rehabilitation Association (NORA)
• Optometric Extension Program Foundation
• American Academy of Optometry
• Parents Active for Vision Education