Vision problems can have a detrimental effect on your child's learning and classroom performance. If your child exhibits one or more of the signs or symptoms listed below and is having problems in school, he or she may have a visually-related learning problem.
- Has a short attention span
- Learns better verbally than visually
- Reads slow
- Understands the material, but does not perform well on tests
- Holds books very close to face
- Tilts or turns head while reading
- Covers one eye when reading
- Blinks or squints excessively when doing work up close
- Poor posture when reading or writing
- Moves head back and forth while reading instead of moving only eyes
- Poor attention span
- Eyestrain or fatigue after continued reading or computer work
- Takes an unsually long time to complete homework
- Double vision, especially during or after reading
- Loss of place, repetition, and/or omission of words while reading
- Must use a marker to keep place when reading
- Writes up or down hill, or irregularly spaces letters or words
- Reverses letters (b for d) or letters within words (saw for was)
- Repeatedly omits "small" words
- Re-reads or skips words or lines without knowing
- Fails to recognize the same word in the next sentence
- Mis-aligns digits in columns of numbers
- Frequent headaches or eyestrain after reading
- Burning or itching eyes after prolonged visual activities
- Rubs eyes during or after short periods of reading
- Poor reading comprehension
- Lacks visualization (can't describe what they have been reading about)
- Poor eye hand coordination when catching a ball
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