A few years ago, local teacher and mother Marissa noticed her 2nd grader, Riley, was having trouble reading. “As a teacher I know where kids should be at; at the beginning of Kindergarten she was at the top of her grade and they kept moving Riley down. At the beginning of 2nd grade she was more like a later 1st grade level.” Her daughter started having terrible headaches, hindering her from doing homework, playing outside, or socializing.

For Marissa, it was “really hard to know” the root of all this. “[It’s not unusual] for a child to just not enjoy reading,” she thought. Still, her daughter had started struggling with increasingly low test scores, as Riley was unable to track words and read for long periods of time. Marissa suspected the issue might have something to do with her eyes, but doctors affirmed that her daughter had 20/20 vision.

Marissa had had a student who went through vision therapy. Though she herself was unfamiliar with the idea, she recalls that this particular student improved academically. A team teacher reminded her of the student and encouraged her to try out vision therapy. After less than a year with WAVTC, Riley went from being slightly behind in reading level to being almost a half grade ahead. Marissa was most impressed, however, with the non-academic changes she saw in her daughter:

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“Now she loves music and singing and acting… all of this creativity was in her this whole time. Just working with her eyes brought that out… Riley’s confidence really shot up.” Her Advice to Parents Considering Vision Therapy “Seek help outside the school setting to get more guidance in other ways… there’s sometimes a deeper issue. With Riley, it would have been easy to say ‘well, she just doesn’t like reading.’”

Marissa says prospective vision therapy parents should “be ready” to help their child with the consistently assigned home activities, but that it will absolutely pay off.

Many people struggle with binocular vision problems and don’t even know it. Vision problems that could be treated with therapy are often excused as a personal dislike of reading. However, when properly diagnosed and treated, even people who have been unwittingly struggling for decades can find relief. To learn more about our screening technology, click here.