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| Duke is happy it is the New Year too! |
I would like to start the first blog of the New Year by taking the time and share the top 5 most popular blog posts in 2013.
1. Workin' the Vestibular System
2. Wii Fit
3. Family Game Night
4. Work That Peripheral Vision
5. Treatment Tools
I really enjoyed those blogs, they were very interactive. I'm looking forward to doing more blogs like that this year.
All these blogs have one main thing in common: they involve a lot of hands on activities. If you know me, I am all about hands-on activities! We are becoming a generation where our children's "hands-on" activities are on an iPad.
When children are very young, their visual systems are still developing. Developing children need to interact with objects in real space. It’s how they develop depth perception, eye teaming, tracking and other visual skills.
I am going to say it again- developing children need to interact with objects in real space! Not on a flat screen. Here is an article I found this past December, have been wanting to share. The article is called, "Generation of iPad children who cannot hold a pencil:Playing with touch-screen devices means youngsters are struggling to learn basic motor skills."
My son has a lazy eye and we are just curious if there is any specific therapy out there that we can use to help his eye correct itself? When people use eye therapy, how long does it take for their eye to get corrected? Is there a vision difference with a normal eye compared to a lazy eye? Can he see the same 20/20 out of each eye?
ReplyDeletejackhawkins1984| http://www.absolutevisioncare.com/offerings/services/vision-therapy.html
Thanks for your comment Jack. I would go to your local Developmental Optometrist. Find your local Optometrist here: http://locate.covd.org/
DeleteIf your son has Amblyopia- there is a chance the vision in one eye is worse. I am not sure if he sees 20/20, that is something your local Optometrist could tell you. I see patients with "lazy eye" a minimum of 6 months. Let me know if you need more information! www.COVD.org is a great resource.