Vision has traditionally been recognized as the main sense in about 80% of what children do in a classroom. Today, with the heavy reliance on text-based learning, especially that which presented on digital screens at near distances, we find that…
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Pediatrician: Vision Contributes to Learning Difficulties
Child vision exams are covered by the Province. Call now to book your appointments. Vision has traditionally been recognized as the main sense in about 80% of what children do in a classroom. Today, with the heavy reliance on text-based…
ADHD, Drugs, Kids and the Classroom: Asking Hard Questions
Read this post from LearningManagement.ca on ADHD medications and why they are prescribed. http://learningmanagement.ca/kid-drugs-and-the-classroom-asking-the-hard-questions/
Selling Glasses for the AAO
News From ‘the spleen’ – One MD Tells Me Why I’m an OD Some of the dumbest things I’ve heard at one time from one mouth – on so many levels. This guy makes my ‘Marvin the Martian’ come out!…
Big Rock School Montessori Education: Focus on The Whole Child
…we all see the benefits when we respect the developmental needs of the whole child and teach thinking on different levels as opposed to simply swallow facts for later regurgitation… I was tickled to read the student comments regarding their…
“Your Child Is Mildly Mentally Retarded”
(Note to parents: Is your child struggling in school or showing signs of other behavior problems? Check vision first before any other testing or interventions. It is the most logical, kindest, and cost-effective place to start. The following story is…
Children As Sheep – Profit At All Cost in the Food Industry
Creating Irresistible Urges to Buy Irresistible Products Let’s start this post with a movie review of ‘Wreck-It Ralph‘: 4/5 for story, 6/5 for visuals. Wowee! (I saw it in 3D). This movie is a lot of fun, especially to see…
The Alberta Vision Crisis: Who is taking care of children’s vision needs?
Research and experience in vision clinics around the Province show that there are a great many children who struggle with serious vision concerns, and that these are mostly undetected and uncorrected. These children move through school grades and find things…
Alberta Schools Inadvertently Violating Children’s Rights?
In any given classroom in any school in the Province, there are a number of children struggling with difficult vision. These children are not blind, but their vision problems are in a way much worse: A child with visual impediments…
Eye or Vision Concerns? See Your Optometrist First
They were fighting it out in Florida recently. The eye surgeons (ophthalmologists) were battling the optometry lobby for patients’ rights. On the one hand, ophthalmologists are opposing new prescribing rights for optometrists stating that because they are not ‘medical’ doctors,…