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Vision
& Learning: A Resource for Parents & EducatorsThis website was developed for parents and educators in an effort to increase their level of understanding about how vision and learning are related. It is comprehensive in nature and designed to give a "101" course on vision and learning as well as provide other resources to gain knowledge on vision. It was first developed to fulfill thesis requirements for completion of a Master of Education, Visual Function in Learning Degree at Pacific University and is now privately maintained by Mary McMains, O.D., M.Ed.
College
of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) This organization serves as the certifying body for Doctors in the Optometric specialty called Behavioral/Developmental/Rehabilitative Optometry. If a doctor chooses, he/she may apply for COVD fellowship after successfully completing a Residency program in Vision Therapy or Binocular Vision or after three years as a Behavioral Clinician. Fellowship is difficult to obtain and is only granted after interviews, publishing and knowledge testing is completed and accepted by a committee. Fellows are certified specialists in vision therapy. If you would like to go directly to their membership directory, click here.
Optometric
Extension Program (OEP) Foundation The OEP Foundation is an international non-profit organization that serves the educational needs of behavioral optometrists by providing continuing education credits and provides public information about vision care. If you would like to go directly to their referral list of doctors, click here.
Neuro-Optometric
Rehabilitation Association International, Inc. (NORA)NORA was established to provide, network and share information about visual rehabilitation between optometrists, ophthalmologists, physicians, rehabilitation professionals, occupational therapists, educators, psychologists, nurses, etc. for the understanding and treatment of persons who have physical disabilities and/or traumatic brain injury. Their mission is to expand awareness about the visual problems and the needs of those that suffer from traumatic brain injury. If you would like to go directly to their membership directory, click here.
Catalyst! Solutions,
L.L.C.Catalyst! Solutions, L.L.C., has worked with a team of experts to provide parents and teachers with easy-to-use educational tools designed to help screen children for vision skill problems and activities to help develop those skills.
Catalyst!™ Vision & Learning is a tool that will demonstrate the student’s skill level in 13 vision skills necessary for academic success PLUS provide activities to enhance student’s vision skills and readiness to learn.
P.A.V.E.® has endorsed the Catalyst!™ Vision & Learning kits. A portion of the proceeds from the Catalyst!™ Vision & Learning kits is donated to P.A.V.E.® to assist their efforts to promote vision education and the prevention, early identification, and treatment of learning related vision problems.
For more information about this program, go to www.catalystvision.com.
Eye
Care Council, Inc. (check out See to Learn®) AllAboutVision
- Learning Disabilities
Vision Therapy:
A Developmental Intervention for Developmental Disabilities Optical
Illusions
Toys
for Perceptual Development
Joint Statement
on Vision Therapy by the AOA and AAO
Position
Statement on Optometric Vision Therapy by the AOA
The
Need for Comprehensive Vision Examination of Preschool and School-Age Children
by the AOA
The
Use Of Tinted Lenses for the Treatment of Dyslexia and Other Related Reading
& Learning Disorders by the AOA
Virtual
Reality Games and Children's Vision by the AOA
Vision,
Learning & Dyslexia - A Joint Policy Statement of the AOA and AAO
Eye
Resources on the Internet - Association of Vision Science Librarians
Indiana
University College of Optometry Vision Training Literature Reference List
Scientific
Studies on the Relationship between Learning, Reading, Vision Therapy, and Vision
Disorders
St.
Joseph Vision Therapy Research CornerReferences
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