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https://wordpress.org/support/update-php/ Optometry Times posted the following article as part of the Back-to-School Vision Awareness blitz that occurs every August 23, 2022. Like the pervasive use of the tired ‘20-20-20 Rule‘ to alleviate visual strain, the VisionMechanic took umbrage to the…
The attached notes and checklist are for sharing and information purposes. The Notes section offers general information about the nature of human visual function, and the Symptoms and Signs Checklist is a survey to help characterize the nature of possible…
There are many ways to teach language. Depending on the developmental age and capacity of the child, different techniques will be more appropriate. Sometimes the last thing you want to do is ‘push’ language, and to engage in less…
Mathematics is behaviourally and neurologically very different from reading. Reading tends to be a bottom-up and top-down process, based in the linear acquisition of information. Mathematics requires much more divergent thinking, that is, thinking in the abstract, alternating with convergent,…
Dr. Jerome Rosner, and others like Rudolf Steiner who advocate for a strong sensory integration emphasis in elementary education, present ideas that would go a long way to reducing the the incidence of reading and learning ‘disability’ among school-aged…
The many health perks of good handwriting Not only does it help the brain develop, it can also improve grades and confidence By Julie Deardorff, Tribune Newspapers 3:23 p.m. CDT, June 15, 2011 Children are texting, tapping and typing on…
One of the simplest and most cost-effective treatments for a child with visual dysfunction and associated risks to reading fluency is the preschool vision assessment. In Alberta, the basic ‘eye exam’ is covered by the Province and this should…