A Parent's Checklist
Look for these signs and symptoms.

If you check off several items on the following checklist, consider taking your child for a vision exam. See the Appointment & Question response request form to answer your questions and to schedule an appointment.

You observe the following behavior in your child:

• one eye drifts or aims in a different direction than the other (look carefully -- this can be subtle). This is significant even if it only occurs when the child is tired or stressed.
  

• turns or tilts head to see
  
• head is frequently tilted to one side or one shoulder is noticeably higher
  
• squinting or closing or covering of one eye
  
• excessive blinking or squinting
• short attention span
• daydreaming in class
• poor handwriting
• poor visual/motor skills (often called "hand-eye coordination")
  
• problems moving in space, frequently bumps into things or drops things
• clumsiness on playground or at home

   

While reading or doing close work your child:

• holds the book or object unusually close
  
• closes one eye or covers eye with hand
  
• twists or tilts head toward book or object so as to favor one eye
  
• frequently loses place and fatigues easily
  
• uses finger to read
  
• rubs eyes during or after short periods of reading
• reversals when reading (i.e., "was" for "saw", "on" for "no", etc.)
• reversals when writing (b for d, p for q, etc.)
• omitting small words
• confusing small words
• transposition of letters and numbers (12 for 21, etc.)
• loss of place when reading, line to line and word to word.
• child's ability to learn verbally surpasses his ability to learn visually.

   

Your child frequently complains of:

• only being able to read for short periods of time
• headaches or eyestrain
• nausea or dizziness
• motion sickness
• DOUBLE VISION!

LINKS

• Research Studies & Vision Therapy
• Vision Therapy References, Research and Scientific Studies
• A Review of the Latest Research into Vision Therapy
• Summary of Research on the Efficacy of Vision Therapy

• A SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND CLINICAL STUDIES ON VISION AND LEARNING

• A SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND CLINICAL STUDIES ON OPTOMETRIC VISION THERAPY