I don't think there is a difference because COVD is a nonprofit that some developmental optometrists belong to: https://covd.site-ym.com/?About_Us

Just another quick thought - the DO told me that the motor-sensory stuff and vision stuff is related but that success with vision therapy might not be as good if we don't address the motor-sensory first, which is why we got the OT eval.

He said that my son missed some developmental milestones and you have to go back and pick up the missing building blocks. Sensory integration needs to come first because that is developed (or should be) earlier. So our plan is to start OT and do that for a couple of months then start VT and do both simultaneously. Since we haven't started either yet I don't know how it's going to go but I am hopeful this will be the combination my son needs.


Mom to 2 kiddos - DS 9 with SPD and visual processing issues and DD 6 who is NT