Is Your Child Smart in Everything But School?

Is Your Child Smart in Everything but School? 10 Things to Know About the Hidden Vision Problem that Impacts Learning: Convergence Insufficiency (CI) 1 what is CI? 2 Life-long CI AFFECTS VISION & READING A person with CI has trouble or inability to Cl doesn't coordinate the eyes on near work, like reading. go away MOST WITH CI NEVER KNOW THEY HAVE IT. with AGE 3 Hidden 4 Affects Many CI IS NOT 20,000,000 DETECTED IN WUDV A STANDARD GPSGTO people in the US alone are VISION estimated to have CI.' SCREENING. 5 Common Symptoms 6 Confused ADHD Tired, Sore Eyes Headaches Blurred Vision is the most common MISDIAGNOSIS. Difficulty Words Overlap like this Reading Difficulty Sleepiness Concentrating 7 Lowers Self-Esteem Many children with CI have NEGATIVE FEELINGS about My parents My friends think themselves. think l'm lazy... I'm stupid. I must be dumb, I must be dumb, I must be dumb. I guess headaches are just a part of my life. 8 There is a Cure! OFFICE-BASED vision therapy VISION THERAPY 8888TT is the most effective treatment for CI.? (Not prism glasses, pencil push-ups or home-based therapy) 9 Specialists 10 A+ School Successful treatment Search for a BOARD CERTIFIED (FCOVD) IMPROVES ACADEMIC DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY that provides A+ OUTCOMES.3 office-based vision therapy at VISIONHELP.COM OR COVD.ORG. aoa.org/documents/CPG-18.pdf 2 convergenceinsufficiency.net/uploads/CITT_Arch_2008.pdf 3 covdblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/2012_borsting_improvementsinacadbehav.pdf Sources: June is National Convergence Insufficiency Awareness Month. VISIONHELP visionhelp.com visionhelp.wordpress.com