School Issues

• A Typical Scenario
• Is Your Child Struggling in School?
• National PTA Resolution on Vision Testing
• Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD)
• Poor Standardized Test Scores: The Vision Connection
• Raising Awareness about Vision Disorders in Children
• Requests for Section 504 Accomodations
• Symptoms of Vision Problems that Cause School Troubles
• The Students Bill of Rights
• Vision and the Gifted Child
• Vision is Key to Developing Your Child's Abilities
• Vision Problems Can Make School a Struggle
• When a Child Struggles, the Whole Family Struggle
• Why is School so Challenging for Your Child?

Reading Difficulties

• Retraining the Eyes Can Help Kids Read
• Success Stories
• The Eye Bone's Connected to the... Brain Bone
• Therapy for Poor Vision Can Be Real Eye-Opener
• Vision and Reading
• Vision and Developmental Dyslexia
• When Your Child Struggles
• Resources: Research update on Visually-Based Reading Disability

Vision and Perception

• Perceptually Impaired: Now What?
• Training the Eyes to Focus on Work
• Irlen Filters - Reading by the Colors
• Vision Changes as we Age
• ADHD: Vision And Its Valliant Attempt To Derive Meaning From The World.

Student's Bill of Rights

I have the right to learn at my own pace and not feel put down or stupid if I'm slower than anyone else.

 

I have the right to be treated as a competent individual.

 

I have the right to view myself as a competent individual.

 

I have the right to dislike any particular subject, even though my goals require its mastery.

 

I have the right to feel good about myself, regardless of my abilities in any particular subject.

 

I have the right to evaluate my teachers and how they teach.

 

I have the right not to understand.

 

I have the right to say I don't understand.

 

I have the right to ask whatever questions I have.

 

I have the right to need extra help.

 

I have the right to ask a teacher or teacher's aide for help.

 

I have the right to define success as determined by my effort.

 

I have the right not to base my self-worth on my skill in any particular area.

 

I have the right to relax.