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Re Vision Therapy:
We had our first session last night and it was so interesting to me to watch my younger S (who has the more severe problem) trying to do the exercizes, such as watch an object swung in gentle slow arcs past his face, without moving his head. His eye movements were totally jerky and erratic, the eyes did not move in concert, and sometimes it was clear that he was just sort of playing along, not really focusing on anything at all.
I will report back in a few weeks as to whether or not the daily eye exercizes are paying off.
My older S had the best week he's ever had in school this week. (Emails from teachers, etc.) It was his first week in glasses. (Mild reading glasses make it less difficult for him to focus his slightly crossed eyes for up close work.) For him, eyes crossing and difficulties in "pulling focus" from far to near were the biggest issues; his 2 eyes do work reasonably well together.
I don't know about any sea changes-- but so far it seems pretty convincing that there needed to be these interventions. When the eyes are working normally, it will be easier to pinpoint the extent/treatment of the attentional component. The optometrist says 12 weeks of 5x/week exercizes for 30-60 minutes each time will usually solve the problem.
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