Re: visual perceptual problems

June 13, 2001

Kaylene:

Last night there was a program (one hour) on a local (?) channel here in SF

Area...I don't know if it was aired at other places too...quite informative

I would say!

There were 6 or 7 segments, each about 10 minutes long, where a specialist

in a field talked about the different therapies out there...one of them was

Vision therapy...the speaker was Dr. Claude A. Valenti, out of San Diego. As

a reference they listed www.pavevision.org

I haven't checked the website yet...but from what he described they do at

their center, it seemed to make a lot of sense. They seemed to have a

variety of exercises aimed at hand-eye coordination, etc. Fun Stuff!

So...it might not be a bad idea to get your son evaluated by a behavioral

optometrist...tough part might be to be able to find one close to where you

live!

Good Luck!

[ ] visual perceptual problems

> Hi all,

> We just completed another ABLLS update. Ben has made huge gains in

> language (yeah!!), but made almost no progress in visual skills --

> puzzles, blocks, etc. Also, almost all of his stims are gone except

> the visual ones.

> So, I'm curious if any of you have found any activities or exercises

> that help with vision? We are working hard on puzzles and block

> designs, trying some " hidden object " pictures, reading " I Spy " books,

> and working on visual tracking. But I was wondering if their are

> better, and more specific exercises we could do?

> I did find a web site at www.visionhelp.com that suggests seeing a

> behavioral optometrist. Has anyone ever had their child evaluated by

> one? Did it help?

> I would love any ideas anyone has!

>

> Thanks!!

> Kaylene in AZ

>

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