Before Vision Therapy:
I cant see the board, and the white board letters are blurry. I can see two pages, I want to see one. I cant catch the ball, I want to catch the ball.
After Vision Therapy:
I can see the white board the letters aren't blurry anymore. I can see one page now. the words aren't blurry anymore. I can catch the ball now I couldn't before, but I can now!!!
~Vivienne
Before Vision Therapy:
Vivienne had struggled with a "wandering eye" from the time she was about three years old. We began by utilizing the patch technique with little improvement to trying glasses at the age of six. The glasses made Vivienne self-conscious and it was difficult to get her to wear them constantly. Her next eye appointment it was now both eyes not working together. When it was time to read Vivienne immediately stated, "I can't" before even trying. Reading was painfully slow at the age of eight and skipping words was frequent. At school she couldn't read the white board. What stuck out to me most was the fact that she couldn't catch a ball and it had nothing to do with not being athletic but the result of her eyes not being able to work properly together to catch it.
After Vision Therapy:
We are forever grateful for Sue's caring heart and knowledge, and Dr. Oakland! Post therapy Vivienne is most definitely in control of the movement of her eyes! While reading she can now separate words including the smaller ones she previously excluded completely. Just a couple weeks into therapy I never heard her complain of not being able to read the white board again. Her reading fluency and writing has exploded. she can be found frequently writing me notes now and never did before. The confidence growth has been worth the commitment alone. Viv was so self conscious of her inability to read well before and now she wants to read to me. Watching Viv catch a ball is the icing on the cake as its something I was clueless to even being a consequence of her lack of strength in her eyes.
~Samantha Nelson