Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

DVD helps kids want to wear eye patch

Saturday, June 3rd, 2006

After struggling with her two year old son for over an hour, Kelly finally gave up getting him to wear his new eye patch. Then she came up with an innovative idea. She produced a video of puppets wearing eye patches to encourage her son to wear his. ...

“They say I can’t, I say I can!”

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

My title is a paraphrase of Madelyn Stafford's statement as published in the Salt Lake Tribune. It's the story of an 11-year-old fifth grader who is legally blind. According to the article, Madelyn Stafford will eventually lose her eyesight completely. Speaking of her social, academic and athletic ...

Strabismus and heredity (genetics)

Saturday, February 4th, 2006

My father had the same alternating exotropia that I have. I thought I had avoided passing it down to my children and grandchildren, but not so. My daughter and granddaughter both got good results from my Optometrist. But at the end of the December, I took my ...

New school vision screening laws for 2006

Monday, December 26th, 2005

Several states have legislated new laws for improved school vision screening which will take place in 2006. I'm proud that my state, Arkansas, is one of the states that is taking the lead. The Vision Council of America (VCA) reports: Washington, D.C. (April 19, 2005) – While medical professionals ...

Education in focus

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

About the photo: Dr. Wanda Vaughn, a developmental optometrist, completes a target push-up skill with Mark Andrews*. The exercise trains him to move his eyes inward and stay focused on an object. Mark has been diagnosed with convergence insufficiency, which means the eyes don't turn in enough ...

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Our vision is to get the best we can from what we have to work with, and to do the best we can with what we get! More....

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