My daughter has always been a very cheerful, outgoing girl.  She was always ready to take on a new task. However, we noticed very early on a hesitation in her when it came to her schoolwork, especially reading and writing.  As time went on, this became more pronounced and she became noticeably discouraged and frustrated.  She said “I can’t” a lot and it was very difficult to figure out why she couldn’t.  She started to view school as something she couldn’t do.  She complained of headaches often.  She was embarrassed at not being able to keep up with the other children when reading.  She no longer wanted to go to school.  It took hours to get her to do the smallest bit of homework.  Her self-confidence began to plummet in this area.  A little girl who had always wanted to someday become a veterinarian now began to doubt her ability to ever do that.

After vision therapy, my daughter has begun to catch up with her classmates.  She is no longer viewing school as horrible place to be, but wants to be there.  She not only can tolerate having to read, but has started to enjoy it and now asks to read.  Her headaches are almost totally a thing of the past.  The confidence we see so much in other areas of her life has started to reveal itself at school too.  In the last year, her “I can’ts” have turned into “I cans!”  We seem to have so much more time in the evenings because homework doesn’t take nearly as long and there are definitely far less tears! She is also back to believing that one day she will be a veterinarian. Vision therapy has definitely changed my daughter’s life for the better.  I cannot imagine where we would be today had we not found it!