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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Explains how parents and teachers can spot a vision-related learning problem and how to treat it. This book provides answers about referrals! required vision tests! and vision-improvement techniques. It also explains that good vision is a learned skill that is best developed by the practices. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Vision Is More Than Seeing the Blackboard: Parents and Teachers Need to Keep Watchful Eyes on a Child's Near Vision Struggles 2 The Best Visual Systems Are Made, Not Born On Waves of Toxicity: If We Fail to Understand This, if We Fail to Help Affected Children, School Learning Will Suffer 3 Poor Vision Development Affecting School Success Is Epidemic, But Some Schools and Many Parents are Reversing It with Vision Therapy 4 Children Do Not Have To Go Nearsighted: Without Intervention, Myopia Usually Progresses, but It Can Be Controlled and Sometimes Reversed 5 Treatments That Support Eyes and Brain for Learning: Several Are Used in Innovative Schools 6 Teachers Are The First Line of Defense Against Vision-Related Learning Problems 7 The Seven Home Habits For Growing A Visually Successful Child ...
