| Vision therapy refers to an individualized treatment | | | | problems affecting the ability to read, learn, and |
| program supervised by professionals in order to | | | | accept instructions are taken into consideration and |
| correct the cognitive visual deficiencies resulting from | | | | tried to apprehend accordingly. However, the |
| a number of causes and consequences. The program | | | | optometrists do not essentially claim that vision |
| is also known as vision training of the entire visual | | | | therapy might always lead to a direct and permanent |
| system including eyes, brain, and body. It is a | | | | solution to this particular disability. |
| neurological therapy to treat and train the patient's | | | | A vision therapy program involves various exercises |
| brain about the usage of the eyes in receiving | | | | or procedures performed in one or two weekly |
| information, comprehending them quickly and react | | | | sessions. These sessions usually take place under the |
| accordingly. | | | | supervision of the concerned doctor and are |
| The cognitive deficiencies may result from excessive | | | | thoroughly individualized to fit the patient |
| stress, trauma caused to the nervous system, | | | | requirements. Often "homework" or supplementary |
| hereditary contribution, or inadequate sensory | | | | procedures are suggested to carry out at home, |
| development. Vision therapy is often compared to | | | | in-between the interval period of the official sessions. |
| occupational or physical therapy in order to treat | | | | Depending on individual cases and the prescribed |
| problems accompanying such kinds of deficiency | | | | therapies, vision therapies have helped in developing |
| including visual problems such as crossed or lazy | | | | essential visual skills and abilities and improve visual |
| eyes, double vision, convergence insufficiency and | | | | comfort and ease, by increasing the visual efficiency. |
| disabilities in reading. This non-surgical treatment is | | | | Vision therapies also play a significant role in improving |
| considered highly effective. It employs special | | | | the learning disabilities of the child. It is important to |
| computerized and optical devices and therapeutic | | | | remember, however, to consult a doctor and seek |
| lenses, prisms, and filters for the different | | | | advice in deciding whether a vision therapy would be |
| procedures. | | | | the best way to treat an individual case. |
| As far as learning disabilities are concerned, the visual | | | | |