What is the technical difference between the two? I can find a fellow who does the therapy himself, one that has therapist do all of the sessions, or an associate that does all the work herself (at half the price of a fellow.) Thank you for all of your help. I would be lost without you.

I'm in VA. Maybe we are searching for the same doctor.

So will working on that help with the convergence and eye movement issues? Or would the software only be one piece of the puzzle? I have been bringing him to our chiropractor, who says that he has A LOT of misalignment in the alpha bone. And that this alpha bone is responsible for many, many things. We'll see what happens. But I won't be VT shopping until his hurricane thing gets better.

HSLDA pointed me in this direction. Worth a try or not so much?

He didn't tell me the names of the reflexes. When he had my son walk with toes pointed out, he rotated his shoulders and arms out. And he did the opposite arm movement when he walked with toes pointed in. The other test was to have him get on all fours and the doctor turned his head one way and his elbow bent. And likewise on the other arm. So his gross motor skills are listed as poor. But to see this kid in real life action, I find that hard to believe. He newest trick over the past couple years is to snowboard down our hill on a standard sled. Nobody else can do that. Not even close. So I am confused. This was my shoulder distosia baby, BTW.

My son's diagnoses are: Accomodative Insufficiency, Convergence Insufficiency, and Eye Movement Disorder. And his testing came out retained primitive reflexes and poor gross motor skills. But he is not dyslexic. I am thoroughly confused. We are still VT shopping so I don't have anything in place yet. My son is very hands-on. He takes things apart and builds them, plays video games, does cross-stitch, and draws. Yesterday he looked up on the Internet how to write everyone's names in Chinese symbols and wrote them. He traces maps of the world. I asked him if his vision ever goes blurry on these occasions and he said that it does not. But when he reads, things go blurry. Now he says that it happens when he stares at the word too long because he doesn't know the phonics rule so that he can decode it. Now, I saw in his test when he was wearing glasses (red lens left, right lens white) that he did not see the red, only white. And it was a field of only a few letters. The VT tapped on his temple and then flashed a light on the left side and finally he could see through the red lens. So, I'm guessing that we will be going back through a phonics program again. But we have been through at least 8 programs so I am just wondering which direction to take him. Does he need Barton? Or O-G? We've already done Alphabeterian and SWR.

Thank you for your encouraging words. This doctor just doesn't sit well with me. And some of the things that he as on his test report seem to be there only to instill fear. I am attending a Dianne Craft seminar next weekend. And I will find a vision therapist that is willing to work with me and re-evaluate periodically.

I want a different doctor to assess my son. I canceled my appointment with my first doctor and he sent this note: Dear Mr. and Mrs. *******, I am concerned about your response for possible Vision Therapy for ******. The visual evaluation provides solid reasons why you are at your wit’s end with ******. He has significant problems with use of his eyes: he does not have adequate binocular vision which affects comprehension, and his focus ability is significantly low which inhibits sustained attention with detailed tasks. All of these visual efforts create problems with reading comprehension and school work in general. These problems cannot be addressed by any academic means such as tutoring: I am unsure as to how you can address any future academic achievements without considering these visual processing issues. Our fees are very much in line with standard medical care. Braces these days are running close to $8,000 to $10,000, and most people do not hesitate to provide orthodontic care for their children. Vision abilities for successful learning are as important as straight teeth. If you need more support for what we do, there are many scientific articles that our website provides. The bottom line is that ******* poor vision processing is causing academic difficulties and a poor attitude towards school in general. If you would like to discuss this further, I would be happy to do so. I have to say that I am a bit put off by this note. Opinions? This is the doctor who charges $145, $7300 for the year, upfront.

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Well, he does indeed need vision therapy. He has a convergence and eye movements disorders. One year of therapy cost $7300 and our insurance doesn't cover it. But, we really don't have a choice in the matter.

So today I ask him to read a math word problem to me. He has already corrected completed the page. I just wanted to hear him read it. So, he started fumbling through words, using his finger, and still stumbling through. Then he moves 90 degrees to the right but keeps the page in the same position. Then he read the problem. So, my take is that he didn't have to track as much when he was reading vertically. I also gave him a dyslexia assessment. He has already done bigger testing and his administrator said that he was really only low on one test, and high on all of the rest. He wouldn't have scored so well on all of the other tests. So we are fumbling through these phonetically spelled words and he covers one eye to read the words. What is up with that?

Popping in to say hello Renee. :001_smile: