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Recently a teacher in discussing digital learning mentioned, “... 2 years ago 9 of my 24 students had ... prescription ...glasses, last year it was ... closer to 5 or 6 but that is still a lot.”
Vision conditions she was able to observe varied from 38% to 25%. We already know 25% of our students are failing, and that stat is too many. My patients don’t show yearly for their exams as advised. Some insurance companies advise two years, and not all do that. Some kids are prescribed glasses but don’t wear them. Thus, some of the 75% to 62% not observed to wear glasses may need them. However, the need for compensative eyeglasses (incorrectly labeled corrective) is not the only vision condition. The more common conditions are related to binocular vision. At least 60% of my patients have binocular vision difficulty.
An educator’s concern may be directed to conditions interfering with learning. The Dartmouth Study done decades ago found myopia has nothing to do with learning. The opposite is true. The good learners have the worst visual acuity. Visual acuity is the only finding our antiquated misleading school screening uses. That may be why the good learners wear glasses. Binocular vision does affect learning, but by about only one grade level. The one factor that is involved in learning, vision processing, isn’t even considered in school screening and missed by the many eye doctors. Vision processing difficulty can bring you from an A to an F. We haven’t even considered reduced vision fields from traumatic brain injury, much more common than thought. It is safe to say 75% of our students have a vision condition that in varying degrees interfere with their lives. Why do we want to worsen it with digital learning?
Vision conditions she was able to observe varied from 38% to 25%. We already know 25% of our students are failing, and that stat is too many. My patients don’t show yearly for their exams as advised. Some insurance companies advise two years, and not all do that. Some kids are prescribed glasses but don’t wear them. Thus, some of the 75% to 62% not observed to wear glasses may need them. However, the need for compensative eyeglasses (incorrectly labeled corrective) is not the only vision condition. The more common conditions are related to binocular vision. At least 60% of my patients have binocular vision difficulty.
An educator’s concern may be directed to conditions interfering with learning. The Dartmouth Study done decades ago found myopia has nothing to do with learning. The opposite is true. The good learners have the worst visual acuity. Visual acuity is the only finding our antiquated misleading school screening uses. That may be why the good learners wear glasses. Binocular vision does affect learning, but by about only one grade level. The one factor that is involved in learning, vision processing, isn’t even considered in school screening and missed by the many eye doctors. Vision processing difficulty can bring you from an A to an F. We haven’t even considered reduced vision fields from traumatic brain injury, much more common than thought. It is safe to say 75% of our students have a vision condition that in varying degrees interfere with their lives. Why do we want to worsen it with digital learning?
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School just started July 30 in Lodi and within a month surrounding schools will also start. Maybe your kids may be eager for the start or some not so eager, but are they ready?
You have the new backpack. You have the school supplies. You packed the lunch. You even have the apple for the teacher! Yet, have you forgotten anything? Why yes, your child's vision! |
Science says 80% of learning takes place through vision. Yet, what part of vision is most involved in learning? We've known for over 80 years that it has nothing to do with visual acuity. The Dartmouth study showed the best students had the worst visual acuity. Thus, you need a doctor who looks at more than just your child's eyesight. Binocular vision is a factor and vision processing skills is the major one. Binocular vision and vision processing skills are not ignored at our office. Call 334-2020 to be sure your child is ready.
Are your kids performing at grade level? Statistics say 25% are failing. Then many more just get by. A common visually related learning problem may be the main reason for your child’s reduced performance. You can’t rely on the antiquated school vision screening to find out. It misses those with visually related learning problems, and only finds the good learners, just the opposite of the intention of the screening.
Was your child among the 25% who could not keep up with the rest of the class? Does your child have to revisit the same grade? Will your child need special attention next year that ads to the burden your child had to endure last year? Maybe your child has a visually related learning problem. in the areas discussed above: Binocular vision and vision processing.
Yet your child passed the school vision screening program, you say. Unfortunately, well intended with the start in 1947, at best, screening detects only those with good grades and poor eyesight. Even then, it is too late to reverse most of the eyesight conditions. At worst, it gives a false impression vision is not causing your child’s learning problem. Maybe you have that false impression.
Could you or your teachers tell if this child needed a vision referral? Probably not!
She has three very evident vision conditions:
1. She has a vision development problem evidenced by the fist pencil grip.
2. She has a binocular vision condition evidenced by the twist of her head making her nose block her right eye.
3. She is or about to become nearsighted since she is too close to her paper and holding the pencil near the tip.
Teachers attending Dr. Henshaw’s training would know the above and more. Go to Teacher Parent Info Then scroll down to How can I tell if my student or child has a visually related learning problem? Better yet, bring your child in to be sure there is no vision condition hindering your child’s school performance. Call 334-2020.
She has three very evident vision conditions:
1. She has a vision development problem evidenced by the fist pencil grip.
2. She has a binocular vision condition evidenced by the twist of her head making her nose block her right eye.
3. She is or about to become nearsighted since she is too close to her paper and holding the pencil near the tip.
Teachers attending Dr. Henshaw’s training would know the above and more. Go to Teacher Parent Info Then scroll down to How can I tell if my student or child has a visually related learning problem? Better yet, bring your child in to be sure there is no vision condition hindering your child’s school performance. Call 334-2020.