Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 60 Seconds on SPD Hello, Kathy Just dropping in to share a cool tip with you. Hope you're having a good week! Did you know .... For the average child, all senses develop and work together; touch, sight, sound, taste, and body movement. The proper interaction of the above senses enables us to function and feel comfortable. For 12-17% of children, the senses do not interact efficiently. These children have a sensory processing disorder. Symptoms can be quite problematic, and if left unrecognized and untreated, often affect a child's behavior, development, and ability to properly interact and learn. Okay, now onto the real meat of this message! Nearly 80% of what a child learns is obtained visually. Research indicates that 70% of the 2 million school-age children who have difficulty in reading have some form of visual impairment, such as ocular motor, perceptual or binocular dysfunction. Many children with sensory processing disorders have impaired ocular-motor and eye teaming skills. This makes everyday tasks such as looking into someone else's eyes, climbing stairs, navigating around furniture and other people, playing sports, reading, and writing extraordinarily difficult. Fortunately, vision skills are just that -- SKILLS and they can be taught just as you would any other skill you wanted your child to master. To find out if your child's eyes are working together effectively, use the free EyeQ Inventory available here: http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?aAziIiXxu7LTnhzTojYZ1w Don't forget to share you best tip with us! We'll publish as many as possible! Have a fantastic day! Connecting Advocates to Answers at: Ideal Lives - http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?wv3Vc7oTBfbeipjYuh9XXw Ideal Lives Project, 416 Frances, Enid, Oklahoma 73703, USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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