What is Vision Therapy?
Vision Therapy (VT) is a customized program designed to improve the way the brain and eyes work together.
This program involves a series of exercises and activities tailored to each patient’s needs. These sessions help enhance visual skills such as focusing, tracking, and depth perception.
Vision Therapy is often recommended for patients with developmental vision issues or those who have experienced visual dysfunction from injury or neurological conditions.
At Carolina Vision Rehabilitation, our goal is to strengthen and retrain your visual system so you can see, learn, and function better in daily life.
Which signs indicate a child could benefit from Vision Therapy?
If your child shows any of these signs:
- frequently rubs their eyes
- complains of headaches,
- struggles to maintain focus while reading, or
- has difficulty with coordination
These could be signs they may benefit from Vision Therapy.
Other indicators include frequent squinting, holding reading material too close, or losing their place when reading.
If your child is struggling in school despite trying their best, their visual system could be part of the issue.
At Carolina Vision Rehabilitation, we can assess their vision skills and determine if VT can help them succeed.
How does Vision Therapy help a child with reading or learning difficulties?
Children with reading or learning difficulties may have trouble processing visual information accurately, even if their eyesight is perfect.
Vision Therapy helps by improving the brain’s ability to interpret what the eyes are seeing.
Through personalized exercises, we target skills like eye tracking, focusing, and visual memory—all of which are essential for reading fluently and understanding what’s being read.
By strengthening these visual skills, VT can make learning more comfortable and less stressful for your child.
How does Vision Therapy treat a lazy or turned eye?
A lazy eye (amblyopia) or a turned eye (strabismus) occurs when the eyes don’t work together properly.
Vision Therapy uses specific activities and exercises to encourage the brain to use both eyes in harmony.
Over time, these exercises help to improve eye alignment, coordination, and visual focus. Unlike patching alone, VT addresses the root cause by training the brain and eyes to communicate better.
