Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site tymix.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!peora!pesnta!hplabs!oliveb!tymix!whitehur From: whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.med Subject: Re: exercise for eye muscles Message-ID: <454@tymix.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 21:50:05 EDT Article-I.D.: tymix.454 Posted: Mon Jul 1 21:50:05 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Jul-85 05:54:47 EDT References: <762@mtuxo.UUCP> <763@mtuxo.UUCP> Reply-To: whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst) Organization: Tymnet Inc., Cupertino CA Lines: 33 Xref: watmath net.kids:1426 net.med:1672 Summary: In article <763@mtuxo.UUCP> smuga@mtuxo.UUCP (j.smuga) writes: >They also suggested a 12-week >course of therapy in the form of exercises for Claire's eyes. > >The therapy sessions would last about 45 - 50 minutes once a >week and cost $35 a session. I don't want to send my child >to first grade with what amounts to a physical handicap if >I can help it, so here are some questions: > > Has anyone out there had any experience with this > kind of problem and therapy? Was the therapy > effective? > > With both my husband and me working, time becomes a > factor; could we (although I don't like this solution > much) entrust the therapy to our sitter (a dental > assistant who has quit work to have a baby)? > >Thanks in advance. > > Janet Smuga My daughter went through vision therapy in 4th grade. There was a 45 minute weekly session and 1/2 hour of exercises at home each day. She hated it. However, the changes were dramatic. It was worth putting up with her protesting. Before the therapy she could not copy sentences from the board without leaving letters out, even when the teacher told her it was very important, and she hated reading. Now she enjoys reading and even writes her own stories. Her self image improved tremendously when she realized why she was not doing as well as the others in her class and that her work was improving. -PKW-