Vision problems are noticeable in the early years of school. It’s much better to be able to notice and treat them in first and second grade. The longer you wait, the more difficult it’s going to be to deal with the other factors that have developed,” shares Bob Sornson, PhD and author of Fanatically Formative (Corwin Press), Creating Classrooms Where Teachers Love to Teach and Students Love to Learn (Love and Logic Press), and the Essential Skill Inventories, K–3 (Early Learning Foundation).When you take a child who has really struggled to read because of visual issues, the longer that goes on you’re no longer dealing with just a vision issue; now you have an attitude problem, a behavior problem, and avoidance issues,” states Sornson.
Sornson’s implementation of programs and strategies for early learning success, the Early Learning Success Initiative, serves as a model for school districts around the country. The Early Learning Success model emphasizes formative and systematic assessment of all essential aspects of early learning development, support for students and teachers, and the importance of building positive classroom culture.
More than 20 years ago Sornson looked very carefully into the research on optometric vision therapy, “to understand what that process was and what was possible. The evidence was just too powerful and overwhelming. The importance of sensory motor development is not new. It’s been recognized for thousands of years as an important part of learning and development, and it’s supported by everything we know about brain science in the last few decades. Vision is one important piece of this whole sensory motor, sensory neural sequence that we need to pay attention to.”
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A pioneer in vision therapy and developmental optometry, Dr. Lynn Hellerstein is the founder of Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center, PC. For more than 40 years, she has helped thousands of children and adults improve their vision and transform their lives — at home, in the classroom and on the sports field.
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