According to the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD), a Learning-Related Visual Problem is a visual problem that directly affects how we learn, read or sustain close work. In many cases children and adults are misdiagnosed with a learning disability such as dyslexia. However, the problem is actually a lack of visual skills. They do not have the necessary abilities to accurately process visual information (such as words on a page) efficiently. So much time and effort is spent decoding the visual input that there is very little or no energy left to put meaning to what they see, which can show up as a comprehension problem. Visual therapy teaches coordination of the eyes along with visualization skills, which allows the brain to simultaneously interpret and derive meaning from words on a page. |