THE FOLLOWING ARE SYMPTOMS THAT YOUR CHILD MAY HAVE
A VISION PROBLEM THAT IS INTERFERING WITH
READING AND LEARNING:

• Avoids tasks that involve reading?
• Has poor handwriting?
• Displays awkwardness and/or clumsiness?
• Has headaches, dizziness or nausea associated with reading or other close work?
• Omits, inserts or rereads letters and words?
• Confuses similar looking words?
• Has difficulty copying from the chalkboard?
• Misaligns numbers?
• Exhibits inconsistent or poor sports performance?
• Has been told he or she has a learning disability?


If you checked one or more of the above symptoms, it is strongly advised that you schedule a behavioral vision evaluation.

• Can understand individual thoughts, but has trouble understanding the whole concept or message.
• Can understand individual directions, but has trouble putting them together so cannot initiate action based on those directions.
• Can grasp the general concept, but has difficulty identifying the individual details.
• Extended reading or computer activities cause eyestrain, headaches or fatigue.
• Avoidance of reading activities
• Difficulty judging distances
• Panic attacks when driving or in open spaces like malls
• Is unable to look at you when conversing
• Orientation problems, e.g., poor sense of direction when driving or walking
• Organizational problems both cognitively and physically -- e.g., poor planning, messy desk, messy room, etc
• Awkwardness and clumsiness in general movement -- e.g., drops things, bumps into things, seems "spacey."

If you checked one or more of the above symptoms, it is strongly advised that you schedule a behavioural vision evaluation.