Vision Therapists at TCFVD

(from left to right)

 Wendy, Kerry, Melinda, Tami, Debbie, and Jenna

Our vision therapists are continuously training to better our ability to help our patients.

Pictured above are therapists Tami and Kerry performing vision therapy exercises while wearing prism glasses.  We often use prisms to change the apparent position of objects we are looking at.  

Check out The Optometric Extension Program's article on prisms in the therapy room.

http://www.oepf.org/sites/default/files/22-5-FOX.pdf

Joel's Success Story

We are so excited to congratulate our newest graduate, Joel.  Joel worked extremely hard through his vision therapy and was determined to correct his visual challenges.  Below is Joel's success story from his point of view...  

I have struggled for many years with double vision.  This led me, a few years ago, to have eye-muscle surgery to attempt to "correct" the problem.  Things got better for a bit - although they never fully resolved - and eventually started sliding back to where they were before the surgery.  It was at this point that I found my way to vision therapy.  Although the work sometimes seemed frustrating and challenging, with a lot of hard work (and patience by the vision therapists) I found myself able to make consistent, steady progress.  I've now gotten to the point where I rarely experience double vision in my everyday life (even during my long days in front of a computer at work, a scenario which used to always pose problems for me).  And on the rare occasions that I do have a double-vision issue, I now have the tools and techniques to quickly address those issues and bring my vision back into line. 

 

I am very grateful to Dr. Kungle and the wonderful therapists at the Center for Vision Development for helping to guide me through my vision problems, and for giving me the tools to handle these issues going forward.  Thank you!

 

-Joel Wood

Congratulations to Rachel for Graduating!

Congratulations Rachel!

     Rachel is our newest vision therapy graduate!  Before Rachel started vision therapy she had trouble controlling her eye movements which resulted in a dislike of drawing/writing.  She had trouble copying information and struggled with letter/number reversals.  Rachel had challenges crossing the midline of her body and often got carsick.  Through vision therapy Rachel improved her visual challenges by working on her oculomotor, visual perceptual, and visual motor skills.  Rachel's oculomotor skills are now above her grade level!  Congratulations Rachel; keep up the great work!