Fall/Winter, 2014 - In This Issue:

You are invited to join us for a special evening presentation by Dr. Jacobi:

  

• An honest Look at the Child's Visual Gross Motor Status
• A Review of What Screenings Tell Us
• What a Student's Posture Tell Us About Their Vision
• What a Student's Work Tells About Their Visual Status
• Easy Activities That Tell Us a Ton About Vision
• Instructing Students to be Visually Aware

In addition to being a Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrician for more than 27 year, Dr. Susan R. Johnson is a certified Waldorf teacher. Dr. Johnson has extensive experience in helping children with Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Asperger Syndrome, expressive and receptive language delays, and Attention Deficit Disorder. She also served for 7 years with the San Francisco Unified School District as their Physician Director at Golden Gate School Health Center evaluating hundreds of children, from preschool through 8th grade who were having challenges in behavior and learning at school.  Click here to get her perspective!

It is important to understand that while our eyes take in visual information, that information is sent to the brain where it is processed. If the information that is sent to the brain is faulty, it can make learning very difficult. While learning disability websites list a variety of accommodations that can help children with Visual Information Processing Disorders, it is important for parents and educators to understand that these are signs that a correctable vision problem is playing a role in a child's learning challenges. Click here to read the research.

Have a child whose reading skills are below par? Bring in your child for a comprehensive eye exam on a Tuesday or Thursday during November or December 2014 to receive a Complimentary Readalyzer evaluation that show exactly now the eyes move while your child reads!

  

The Readalyzer consists of infrared sensors embedded in goggles that track eye position. Computerized results offer a profile into how accurately your child is reading and how it compares to peers.