The cover test is a powerful and simple probe into a person’s visual alignment status, or ‘posture’. Download the attached documents to learn how to do a simple cover test sequence. You will learn how to Tell the difference between…
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OEPF Reference Center
The Optometric Extension Program Foundation is a world-leading source of research and resources for professional vision development. The OEPF website itself is a unique repository of professional resources for clinical vision specialists, and anyone interested in vision and the role…
Children’s Nature Deficit
Children and Nature Network report “Children’s Nature Deficit: What We Know – and Don’t Know”, the authors report a number of observations regarding children’s health, knowledge of nature, and relative exposure to the outdoors. The main findings are given below.…
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Opinion Part I
DSM-V, Diagnosis, and the Value of Labels In May of 2013, we will all be asked to let go of our previous comfort with the DSM-IV way of approaching diagnosis and coding, and move on to DSM-V. The focus of…
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Clinically Speaking Part I
Vision in a Clinical Rehabilitation Context Cranial Nerves and Vision The cranial nerves are critically important in our development and behaviour. There are 12 pairs of nerves, and they are largely responsible for the sensory and motor behaviour of the…
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Opinion Part X
Vision in the Classroom: Time to Open Our Eyes Vision problems are present in every classroom. Children will work with what they’ve got and take it for granted that every other child in the room has exactly the same visual…
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Opinion Part IX
Part IX – Vision Therapy: The non-debate. See https://drboulet.com/proof-standards/ for a much more detailed review of some of the main criticism around visual neurorehab, and detailed rebuttal of the criticism. There is a ‘chain of professional irresponsibility’ in much of…
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Opinion Part VIII
Part VIII – The Case of the Missing Children The sign above the school secretary’s desk reads “I don’t have an attitude problem. You don’t like my attitude. That’s not my problem.” I like that. It’s clear, simple, and you…
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Opinion Part VII
Eye Charts Sight, that is, the ability to distinguish visible elements in the world around us is measured a number of different ways, depending on the age and reading ability of the person being tested. One thing, however, is commonly…
Introduction to Learning and Vision Therapy: Opinion Part VI
Tinted Lenses and Dyslexia I appreciate when teachers and parents ask about tinted lenses as a possible solution for dyslexia – this tells me there is an acknowledgement of the role of vision in reading and learning. People will sometimes…