Does Your Child Have a Visually-Related Learning Problem?
80% of learning and sports is related to visual information and integration of vision with motor skills. It’s important to have the proper visual skills to succeed in school and sports. Visual motor and visual perceptual problems interfere with academic and athletic performance.
If your child has 2 or more of the symptoms below, he or she may have a visually-related learning problem. These vision problems are usually treatable. For more information, please click here. Please call our office if you have any questions (323) 954-5800.
| Avoids near visual work entirely, or as much as possible | |
| Often experiences discomfort, fatigue and short attention span | |
| Learns better verbally than visually | |
| Slow reader | |
| Understands the material, but tests poorly | |
| Holds books very close to face (only 7 or 8 inches away) | |
| Tilts or turns head while reading | |
| Covers one eye when reading | |
| Squints when doing near vision work | |
| Poor posture when reading or writing | |
| Moves head back and forth while reading instead of moving only eyes | |
| Poor attention span | |
| Eyestrain or fatigue after prolonged reading or computer work | |
| Homework takes longer than it should | |
| Sees blurry or double images while reading or writing | |
| Loses place when moves gaze from desk work to chalkboard, copying text, or using scantrons for tests | |
| Must use a marker to keep place when reading | |
| Writes up or down hill, or irregularly spaces letters or words | |
| Reverses letters (b for d) or letters within words (saw for was) | |
| Repeatedly omits "small" words | |
| Rereads or skips words or lines unknowingly | |
| Fails to recognize the same word in the next sentence | |
| Misaligns digits in columns of numbers | |
| Headaches after reading or near work | |
| Burning or itching eyes after prolonged visual tasks | |
| Blinks excessively when doing near work | |
| Rubs eyes during or after short periods of reading | |
| Comprehension declines as reading continues | |
| Fails to visualize (can't describe what they have been reading about) | |
| Poor eye hand coordination when catching a ball |
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