I've just blogged about my sons' experiences on their current year team. They had a great year!

4. Two 7th graders, one 5th grader, and one 1st grader.

46!! Until September. :)

Yes, Claire is absolutely correct. Regular vision exams will not detect many vision problems. My dd had trouble with convergence, accommodation, and tracking, and these issues had never been evaluated with our regular optometrist. He just prescribed her glasses and sent her home. Claire, your dd's symptoms were very similar to my dd's at age 9. Now, a year later, all of these symptoms are gone. We have just begun Tapestry of Grace, and she has been able to complete the UG level reading for the past two weeks. We are both thrilled! There is absolutely no way she could have even attempted it a year ago.

I finished Charlie Wilson's War and haven't started anything else. I'm having a hard time getting back into the routine of our school stuff after the holidays.

You are the woman!! :)

You are amazing, Cathy! I don't know how you keep your regular schedule of schooling with new children coming in frequently. Hope you all have a great day today.

Glad you made it over, Regena!

(((Stephanie))) I'm praying for him and your family.

7th graders are using Henle. They're both boys, so they love the war theme. 5th grade dd is just beginning Latin Prep 1.

My dc are anxiously awaiting a snowfall here in central Arkansas this year. We didn't get any snow last year. Most years we get at least one snowfall.

The 2 doctors I was referring to were *mine* and *yours*.:) Dr. V had mentioned to me that there was another developmental optometrist opening up an office in C. You would think someone would come to the center of the state!

Visual therapy has allowed her to be a completely different student academically. Before we started VT, she was struggling terribly with reading. I kept thinking everything would soon kick in for her since I knew she was a very bright girl, and I had read lots of posts stating that sometimes dc just need more time before their brains are ready to become efficient with reading. (And I'm sure that is true for many children.) She had just turned 9 and was entering 4th grade when I decided it was time to figure things out. I knew something was wrong; I just didn't know what it was. Her older brothers had never shown any of the signs that she did. She had some symptoms of dyslexia so I started researching there. And a couple of the things I read, coupled with some posts from the board, persuaded me to first schedule a developmental exam. At the initial exam, Dr. V rattled off some of the symptoms she would expect a child to exhibit based on what she saw from dd's eyes. They fit dd to a T! She is not dyslexic at all; her problems all stemmed from her eyes. As far as I know, our doctors are the only 2 developmental optometrists in Arkansas. That is why we had to drive 2 hours (one way) to FS twice a week for 12 weeks for VT. Now my younger dd is going only once a month; that is much easier! I hope you have a good appointment and are able to get some answers for your ds!

Thank you!!

in your signature. I see the button for the HTML thingy, but what goes in between those doohickeys?? Help me!

Dr. V in FS? My two dds have had visual therapy through her office. My older dd is on "maintenance" now and doesn't have to go back for 6 months. My younger dd has once-a-month appointments, and we do therapy here at home 3 times per week.

Wow, this is awesome! Great new boards. Thanks, Susan!! (and Bob and Heather!)