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How-to Identify Visual Limitations |
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012 |
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7:00 PM to 8:30 PM |
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Dr. Julie B. Ryan, O.D., F.C.O.V.D., M.S. Ed
4950 Barranca Parkway Suite 310
Irvine, CA 92604
CONTACT: Judy
RSVP (949) 733-1400
This event is free
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How can a child be so bright, yet have such restrictions on learning and reading?
Here’s a special workshop on vision!
How-to Identify Visual Limitations That Restrict Reading and Learning
Vision problems and limitations do not cause learning disabilities, but visual restrictions are often a complicating factor in children who have fallen behind in learning and reading.
In many cases, dealing with visual limits can help a child get back to the mainstream, if the problem is identified and dealt with.
If you have students whose performance is below what you expect, this workshop will give you the ability to distinguish when vision is a factor.
Children who cannot get their work done during class hours, who must read and re-read but still have low comprehension, children who avoid reading or cannot concentrate well during reading activities – all these signs and more will be covered in this special instructional workshop.
There will be time to ask questions or to discuss specific students you suspect have problems. You’ll learn to do several tests and to use a special checklist.
Seeing images that seem to “swim” or move on the page is just one way children describe many of the visual problems that limit learning. Children may read and re-read without being able to grasp information, or they may simply avoid reading. Visual limits are a common component of many learning problems.
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KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE BALL |
| Date: |
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
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7p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |
| Location: |
Dr. Julie B. Ryan, O.D., F.C.O.V.D., M.S. Ed
4950 Barranca Parkway Suite 310
Irvine, CA 92604 |
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Eye-hand coordination --it seems obvious that there is a critical link between vision and sports performance.
But there’s much more to it than is apparent at first glance.
Behavioral optometrists have been helping professional and Olympic-level athletes reach their personal best level of sports performance for many decades.
Tiny timing errors in hitting, kicking, throwing and catching a ball are often the result of poorly developed eye aiming, focusing, tracking and other visual skills or visual-motor restrictions.
Practice doesn’t eliminate these problems, it locks them in more deeply. Behavioral optometrists use sophisticated methods to break poor visual habits and replace them with systemically developed, peak visual skills.
The difference between good and championship performance is often no more than 1 or 2 percent. Behavioral vision care has provided that edge to Olympic and professional players and teams in tennis,baseball, volleyball, basketball, soccer, football, gymnastics and many other sports.
In this hands-on workshop, you will learn about sports vision and learn to test for and identify visual deficiencies that are robbing you or your plays of that winning edge.
You are invited to attend a special workshop
- Difference between just playing vs. winning
- Improve team or individual performance
RSVP (949) 733-1400
This event is free |
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A.D.D. JUST DOESN'T ADD UP |
| Date: |
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 |
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7:00 PM to 8:30 PM |
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Dr. Julie B. Ryan, O.D., F.C.O.V.D., M.S. Ed
4950 Barranca Parkway Suite 310
Irvine, CA 92604 |
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Many signs of A.D.D. are common to vision deficits as well. Can you distinguish between A.D.D. and vision?
Here are a few observable signs that point specifically to vision as a factor:
- Attention span becomes shorter during close-up work
- Poor concentration when reading
- Restless when facing near work that requires comprehension
- Disturbs other children in class during reading or other subjects that require intense near focus and concentration
- Can concentrate for longer times when playing computer games or other compelling near vision work
- Seems compelled to touch everything
- Bumps into things, doesn’t seem aware of nearby objects
- Often trips or falls instead of stepping over objects, steps, carpet edges or rugs
- Hates to read, but likes being read to
- Continues having problems doing near-work despite an increase in the ability to concentrate after taking medication
Many doctors, educators and parents express growing concern at the increasing number of young people being put on powerful medication for Attention Deficit Disorder, a condition often identified only by vague symptoms.
A disproportionate number of young people are labeled and treated for A.D.D. in the U.S. compared to most other countries. This fact alarms many authorities, including law enforcement officials who now report high levels of abuse of A.D.D. and A.D.H. D. –related prescribed drugs.
In this workshop, you’ll learn current facts, and how to assess, test for and distinguish visual conditions that mimic or complicate A.D.D. You’ll learn simple vision tests and what questions to ask. You’ll interact with others who are working with Attention Deficit Disorders.
CONTACT: Judy
RSVP (949) 733-1400
This event is free |
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