Eyes for Learning: Preventing and Curing Vision-Related Learning Problems - Softcover

Orfield, Antonia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578865964 ISBN 13: 9781578865963

Publisher: R&L Education, 2007

Synopsis

Poor vision, if unnoticed and untreated, can dramatically reduce a childOs school achievement. While it is easy to blame underachievement on a variety of causes, the real cause may be directly related to vision development. Strong vision is much more than being able to see the blackboard from the back row. Solid visual skills that underlie brain learning are developed through a variety of activities that are less and less a part of childrenOs lives thanks to TV and video games. Eyes for Learning explains how parents and teachers can spot a vision-related learning problem and how to treat it. Dr. Antonia Orfield provides answers about referrals, required vision tests, and vision-improvement techniques. The bottom line is that good vision is a learned skill that is best developed by the practices explained in this book. Understanding these explanations can go a long way in saving a child from failure in school.

About this title

About the Author

Antonia Orfield, a former high school teacher, works as a behavioral optometrist. She has published research on children's learning related vision problems and taught pediatric optometry and vision therapy as a clinical preceptor for the New England College of Optometry. Currently, Dr. Orfield divides her time between the Harvard University Health Services and her private behavioral optometry practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Edition details

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578865964
• ISBN 13: 9781578865963
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 326