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How Behavioral Optometry Can Unlock Your Child's Potential

Autor Joel H. Warshowsky
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 feb 2012
This comprehensive guide to behavioral optometry and vision therapy will be a welcome resource for adults investigating how to best help children whose lives are negatively impacted by vision problems. It fully explains the variety of conditions that could be causing problems and the therapies, techniques and aids that can treat them.
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ISBN-13: 9781849058810
ISBN-10: 1849058814
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 6 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Ltd

Notă biografică

Joel H. Warshowsky is a Holistic Behavioral and Developmental Optometrist. He is Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus and founding chief of paediatrics at SUNY State College of Optometry where he has taught for 37 years. He has served as Optometric Consultant to numerous schools for child development throughout the states of New York and New Jersey. Joel has lectured internationally and published widely in the field of Optometry. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and College of Optometrists in Vision Development. He maintains two holistic pediatric practices in New York and New Jersey and lives in New York City.

Cuprins

Preface. Introduction: My Vision for this Book. Part I. Understanding Vision in Children: Background and Basics. 1. Understanding the Effects of the "Failure Syndrome" in a child. 2. Convergence: What is it and Why is it Important. 3. The Difference Between Good Eyesight and Functional Vision. Part II. Overcoming Blocks and Unlocking Potential: What is Vision Therapy and When is it Needed?. 4. Vision Therapy: History and How it Works. 5. How Vision Therapy Can Aid Learning. 6. Vision Therapy and Learning Disabilities. 7. The Role of the Behavioral Optometrist in the Child Study Team. 8. Vision Therapy and Occupational Therapy: A Co-joined Approach. Part III. Specific Vision problems and Behavioral Optometric Interventions. 9. Types of Lenses and How They Help. 10. Some Specific Vision Problems: Nearsightedness, Strabismus, and Amblyopia. Epilogue: When I was Twelve. Resources. A Sample Letter. Visual Function Self Test. Exercises That May Be Done At Home. If you have Questions. Suggested Reading. Glossary.