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Are you lost without your GPS?
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Sue Barry, Ph.D
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Different people navigate their environment in different ways. When driving, do you see a map in your head and can easily take shortcuts without getting lost, or do you need to always stick to your same path? We can help you develop the brain-based visual skills needed to improve your mental map. These same visual skills are put to use in geometry, chemistry, making arts and crafts, and even parallel parking! On a more fundamental level, children use these same mental pathways for learning how math works (understanding rather than memorizing).
Neurobiologist Sue Barry (herself a vision therapy success story) discusses the science in her popular blog: Eyes on the Brain. |
Vision in Children With Special Needs
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Vision problems are more common in children with special needs than in neurotypical children.
Strabismus, amblyopia, nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and visual-spatial difficulties are seen at higher rates in children with autism spectrum disorders, Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other genetic syndromes.
At the Vision & Conceptual Development Center, we specialize in pediatric vision care, with an emphasis on helping those with special needs, in addition to the care we provide to neurotypical children and adults.
Learn more about vision problems associated with special needs here. |
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Greetings!
We're starting the new year with new tools to make your vision therapy experience even more fun, engaging, and effective. At the Vision & Conceptual Development Center, we are dedicated to maintaining state-of-the-art quality of care while continuing with therapy modalities that have stood the test of time.
Advances in 3D monitors and programming have come together in the VTS4 (Vision Training System 4), a new device for treating eye coordination problems, lazy eye, and other vision problems that interfere with reading, learning, work, and other activities of daily living. It has a 50-inch 3D monitor, minimal flicker, and improved rechargeable 3D glasses.
The VTS4 has a very realistic 3D display which makes the experience more true-to-life. The patients who have used it so far absolutely love it.
We have also recently acquired the Sanet Vision Integrator (SVI), shown below.
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The SVI combines time-proven techniques with a touch-screen computer that allows us to customize each procedure to the patient's specific needs and skill level. Learn more about the SVI here.Kids and adults alike benefit from the engaging computer interfaces and customizable procedures the SVI and VTS4 have to offer. If you would like a demonstration of these high-tech HD therapeutic programs, please let us know. |
New Website-- Coming Soon
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Within the next four weeks, we will be relaunching the VCDC website. The new and improved website will feature a health library, downloadable forms, and and a news and events page. While we will be sending an announcement when the new site is up, please make a note of our new web address and check back soon at www.VisionTherapyDC.com.
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Keep abreast of the latest VCDC news on our Facebook page. We will have info on presentations, snow closings (it could still happen!), and community events. Like us on Facebook to stay in the loop. |
Vision Therapy in the Blog-o-Sphere
|  Teaching Cross-eyed People to See in 3D: A new study indicates that stereovision can develop in adulthood.
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Lectures for You, Your Friends & Colleagues
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We are planning our 2012 lecture series for patients, parents, and professionals. What topics would you like to learn about? What questions do you have about vision? We welcome your suggestions and comments. Please email Drs. Zeller and Green with suggestions at: mail@VCDCwashington.com
Thank you!
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