FAQ

A behavioural optometrist takes a patient-focused approach to vision beyond how well a child can see and the health of their eyes. They will assess not only your child’s vision and eye health but most importantly how your child processes visual information.

A vision therapist is trained to work with both children and adults on developing and improving their visual skills. They use a range of devices, activities and exercises in a customised program tailored to the patient’s unique and specific needs.

Vision therapy is a customised non-surgical program designed to correct particular vision problems and improve visual skills. Think of it like physiotherapy for your visual system. Where glasses or contacts, and also surgery, aim to correct the vision, vision therapy is focused on improving visual skills such as coordination and control of eye alignment, eye movements (eye-tracking) and eye focusing.

Vision therapy is often used to treat:

• Convergence insufficiency (where the eyes don’t move at the same time).
• Lazy eye.
• Crossed eyes.
• Double vision.
• Eye teaming and tracking problems.
• Focusing difficulties.
• Eye fatigue.
• Depth perception and 3D vision difficulties.
• Visual perception and processing issues.

Visual skills refers to are our ability to process visual information and make sense of what we are seeing. They affect our ability to read, write, concentrate and learn – such as eye-tracking, eye-hand coordination, visual memory and visual spatial skills, among many others.

Visual skills refers to are our ability to process visual information and make sense of what we are seeing. They affect our ability to read, write, concentrate and learn – such as eye-tracking, eye-hand coordination, visual memory and visual spatial skills, among many others.

If your child is experiencing learning difficulties at school or having trouble reading then we highly recommend making an appointment to have their vision checked by our behavioural optometrist. They may simply need glasses or there may be some visual processing issues underlying their vision problems. The best way to find out is to book in for a comprehensive eye exam and we can take it from there. Our behavioural optometrist will talk you through every step of the process and take the time to explain all the options that are available.