Convergence Insufficiency

[bubbalicious]

Anyone with experience with vision therapy and convergence insufficiency?

Thanks!

[akafred]

Personally, yes. I had a pretty bad muscle imbalance (amblyopia and strabismus) as a child and avoided surgery thanks to VT.

I looked into VT for DD but it was hard to find what seemed like a knowledgeable and ethical provider, and had some insurance drama. I also couldn't really find anyone who had positive experiences with VT outside of definite strabismus, amblyopia, etc. So for now we have chosen not to pursue it.

[mrsbuttinski]

Is this being brought up as a potential cause for your DD's reading issues?

Both of my niece's children had this as a result of prenatal methadone exposure. Both did rigorous vision therapy that was not effective and moved on to surgery sometime between 6 and 8. Both of these kids have significant ADHD, as does their bio-mom, but neither has any LD issues aside from that.

VT is something that came up as a topic among the parents of the reading lab school DS attended. Many kids had tried alternative approaches unsuccessfully- VT, Irlen, AT- before arriving at the school.

[bubbalicious]

Apr 1, 2017 7:25:07 GMT -5 mrsbuttinski said:

Is this being brought up as a potential cause for your DD's reading issues?

Both of my niece's children had this as a result of prenatal methadone exposure. Both did rigorous vision therapy that was not effective and moved on to surgery sometime between 6 and 8. Both of these kids have significant ADHD, as does their bio-mom, but neither has any LD issues aside from that.

VT is something that came up as a topic among the parents of the reading lab school DS attended. Many kids had tried alternative approaches unsuccessfully- VT, Irlen, AT- before arriving at the school.

No. She has SLDs. I will pm you tomorrow.