Increasing Developmental Delays-What’s Up?
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
INCREASING DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the overall prevalence of developmental disabilities among children increased by 17 percent between 1997 and 2008, with 15 percent of U.S. children — nearly 10 million — having a developmental disability in 2008. The study is in the current issue [...]
Tags: ADHD, development
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Vision Revision For ADHD Diagnosis — Research Summary
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
It may be common, but the stats are still staggering. Last year, 4.5 million U.S. kids were diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. That’s more than seven percent of all children in the U.S. But a new study shows more than one million of those kids may be misdiagnosed. Click here to read [...]
Tags: ADD, ADHD, Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center, success, Vision Therapy
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Understanding Children Who Struggle In School
Monday, October 4th, 2010
Dr. Len Press, my mentor and fellow developmental optometrist, just finished reading a marvelous new book by Deborah P. Waber, PhD, a neuropsychologist in the Learning Disabilities Program in the Department of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. It is encouraging to hear Dr. Waber’s perspective that over-emphasis on phonological processing for the past 20 years [...]
Tags: ADHD, Vision & Learning, Vision and Reading, Vision Therapy
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ADHD & Vision Problems Linked
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Thanks to Dr. Dom Maino for reviewing the research: Please see: Granet DB, Gomi CF, Ventura R, Miller-Scholte AThe relationship between convergence insufficiency and ADHD.Strabismus. 2005 Dec;13(4):163-8. Thye abstract noted that”….Children being evaluated for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often have an eye exam as part of their evaluation. The symptoms of convergence insufficiency (CI) [...]
Tags: ADHD, convergence insufficiency, Vision Therapy
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Twice Exceptional Kids
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
“Spotlight on 2e Series” include booklets on Twice Exceptional Children- Bright kids with learning issues. Many of these kids may also have ADD, sensory problems, vision issues, Asperger Syndrome, or other complications. The “Spotlight on 2e Series” will help you understand that great, gifted child with special needs you know… Help others understand that child… Or provide you with [...]
Tags: ADHD, Parenting, See It. Say It. Do It!, visualization
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Radio Interview on Voices on the Net
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Please check out today’s radio interview with “A Session with JJ” on VON (Voices on the Net), episode #65. Click here to read more and download the podcast.
Tags: ADHD, See It. Say It. Do It!, Vision Therapy, visualization
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Dr. Kane, Pediatrician, Gets It!
Saturday, July 10th, 2010
Dr. Anthony Kane, pediatrician, just spent one hour interviewing me about my new award winning book, See It. Say It. Do It! Dr. Kane is a pediatrician who had extensive experience helping kids with ADD/ADHD. He has spent the last 15 years looking at current medical and alternative treatments available for these kids. He maintains [...]
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Interview With Dr Kane – ADD Specialist
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
As both a physician and the creator and former director of special education at his local elementary school, Dr. Kane has extensive experience helping parents of ADD ADHD children. His goal is to help parents, “Discover What Every Parent Must Know in Order to Raise a Difficult Child. Learn the Secret of How to [...]
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