We believe in a multidisciplinary approach to helping our patients reach their goals and potential and so we work closely with teachers and health professionals around the area.

Some of the professionals we work with includes occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, child psychologists, naturopathic doctors, medical doctors and referring optometrists.

Below you will find some resources that will help you identify a child/patient who has a vision problem and how to find an optometrist nearby that can address the issue.

Referring optometrists/professionals please fill out this Referral form and give to your patient to bring to our office.

SIGNS OF VISION PROBLEMS

• Holding a book very close (only 7 or 8 inches away)
• Child holds head at an extreme angle to the book when reading
• Child covers one eye while reading
• Child squints when doing near work
• Constant poor posture when working close
• Child moves head back and forth while reading instead of moving only the eyes
• Poor attention span, drowsiness after prolonged work less than arms's length away
• Homework requiring reading takes longer than it should
• Child occasionally or persistently reports seeing blurring or double while reading or writing
• Child reports blurring or doubling only when work is hard
• Loses place when moving gaze from desk work to chalkboard, or when copying from text to notebook
• Child must use a marker to keep their place when reading
• Writing up or down hill, irregular letter or word spacing
• Child reverses letters (b for d) or words (saw for was)
• Repeatedly omits "small" words