The way you perceive space and interpret what you see is not reflected soley on being able to see 20/20. Behavioural Optometrists focus on enhancing your visual system in order to ensure all aspects of your visual performance are working together in the most efficient way.
It includes:
- Focus and eye coordination issues affecting reading/writing/computers
- Distance focus issues that may relate to early myopia development
- Lazy eye (amblyopia) and turned eye (strabismus), sometimes requiring vision therapy
- Tracking skills for reading fluency
- Visual processing development (especially in children) and how it impacts learning
- Visual issues linked to neurological conditions (stroke, head injury, concussion, Parkinson’s)
To achieve these goals our Optometrist may recommend appropriate prescription glasses, the use of tinted lenses where indicated by specific testing and or vision therapy to improve vision function and visual processing development. It is imperative to remember that it is not a ‘quick fix’, and a behavioural program requires both in and out of practice management with full family support and encouragement.