Vision Rehabilitation
What is Vision Rehabilitation?
Vision Rehabilitation through Goodcare is provided by an occupational therapist with specialized training in vision. The rehab program is designed to improve and strengthen brain-eye communication and visual motor skills. Improving a child’s visual skills - eye-tracking, focusing, convergence, eye-hand coordination - results in improvements in areas such as reading, learning, concentration and attention.
Which conditions are treated with Vision Rehabilitation?
Convergence Insufficiency
Amblyopia (lazy eye)
Strabismus (crossed-eyes)
Double vision
Eye teaming and tracking problems
Focusing difficulties
Hand-eye coordination difficulties
Visual perception and processing issues
Who can benefit from Vision Rehabilitation?
Red flags that indicate a vision problem:
Reading below grade level
Poor reading comprehension
Loss of place, rereading lines, and/or omission of words while reading
Confusing similar words such as ‘was’ and ‘saw’
Reversing letters (b, d, p and q) or numbers (2, 5, 6, 9) after 2nd grade
Difficulties with spelling
Dislikes or avoids homework
Difficulty maintaining attention
Difficulty changing focus from distance to near and back again (i.e. copying words/sentences from the board)
Poor depth perception
Messy handwriting
Headaches or extreme tiredness after reading
Poor hand-eye coordination
Squinting/head tilting when reading or writing
Using finger to keep place when reading
Poor posture when reading or writing
Turning of an eye in or out, up or down
Tendency to cover or close one eye
Favoring the vision in one eye
Complains of double vision
Difficulty following a moving target
Dizziness or motion sickness
Scheduling a comprehensive eye exam is the first step to improving your child’s visual skills and reducing the effects associated with vision-related learning disorders.
If a condition is detected, then a referral for a vision rehabilitation evaluation can be made by your eye doctor.
Please call (605) 403-0933 for more information.
According to the American Optometric Association, 25 percent of all children have a vision problem significant enough to impact their learning— indicating that 1 in 4 students have a vision-based learning disability.
80% of all learning is obtained through vision.
60% of students identified as having a “learning difficulty” have undetected vision problems.
Children may not recognize their vision difficulties because they have “always seen this way” and gradual changes may go unnoticed.
A measure of “20/20” is simply the ability to see clearly from 20 feet away, which has little to do with reading, attention and the other tasks required for successful academic performances.