Take your kids to get their eyes checked before school starts! Straining your eyes to see the board can worsen your vision, and can cause bad headaches! According to a report from the New Jersey Commission on Business Efficiency of the Public School, “Undiagnosed and untreated vision related learning problems are significant contributors to early reading difficulties and ultimately to special education classification.”
The five most common signs that a vision problem may be interfering with your child’s ability to read and learn are:
1. Skips lines, rereads lines
2. Poor reading comprehension
3. Takes much longer doing homework than it should take
4. Reverses letters like b’s into d’s when reading
5. Has a short attention span with reading and schoolwork
For further information on children’s vision problems or to learn more about Children’s Vision and Learning Month, check these sites out!
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154574.php
http://www.visionforlearning.org/
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