If you have concerns about your child’s vision or development we encourage you to call our office and schedule a complimentary phone consultation. You’ll talk with one of our developmental optometrists about the signs and symptoms you’re seeing that are interfering with your child’s life and may be related to a functional vision problem. We’ll review how your child’s vision could be interfering with critical tasks like reading, writing, attention, learning, motor coordination, sports, and many more. If it seems your child is struggling with many of the signs and symptoms of vision problems, we will walk you through scheduling your first evaluation appointment.

We will also discuss what to expect at our specialty optometry practice and answer any questions.

During the evaluation process, we test over 30 visual skills over two separate appointments for an extensive vision exam.

We start with a Neuro Developmental Vision Exam for children, or a Neuro Functional Vision Evaluation for adults. This exam takes about an hour and a half, and will test every visual skill that is essential for thriving in the classroom, sports, and life. These skills include eye teaming, eye focusing, eye tracking, reading eye movements, depth perception, just to name a few. We test way beyond the ability to see 20/20 far away, and will focus on reading vision ability or other problem areas. Throughout this exam, Dr. Neil or Dr. Claire will discuss each test and the skill that it’s accessing.

The 2nd appointment, called the Developmental Perceptual Exam, starts by evaluating visual perception. This exam will test the visual skills and abilities needed to read, take meaning, and comprehend from what your child sees on the page. Because vision is so important for learning, we need to see where visual processing is impacting schoolwork, reading, memory, and processing ability. In addition, this appointment may also test balance and mobility, handwriting, therapeutic lens trials, peripheral awareness and sports vision skills like reaction time. These tests will aid in understanding how complex the vision problem is, how long it could take to resolve and how to tailor the individualized program.

During this appointment, we will also spend some time with you to discuss insurance, planning, goals and answer your questions. We want to ensure you have a great understanding of how everything works in our practice and what you can expect at the consultation.

During the 3rd appointment, Dr. Neil or Dr. Claire will go over the results of the two exams and how each diagnosis relates to real life and activities of daily living. He will discuss the prognosis, any prescriptions for lenses and expectations if an individualized vision therapy program is recommended. During this hour long appointment, you will also meet with our Patient Care Coordinator to discuss fees, scheduling, where to send the report, which Vision Therapist would be the best fit, and other logistics. You will have plenty of time to ask questions.

Once this process is complete, we can get started!