We had our meeting with the optometrist to discuss DS7's vision testing results.
It is quite clear he has a delay/issues -
Scored 0 on the figure/ground test!
The eye tracking while reading shows exactly what I observed having him read to me - he skips words, loses his place - yet somehow his comprehension is good. The graph showed that his eyes don't effectively track together and often diverge from each other. Comprehension is grade 4 level, but eye tracking of a 3 yr old! No wonder he's tired and frustrated after school!
She claims that he has mild primitive reflex issues - I don't know, it still sounds odd to me...
But the rest of what she said made sense. She did say that if we do nothing he'll eventually develop the skills and catch up, but that vision therapy can make his eye movements more efficient, faster...
However she's recommending we sign up for a program of 38 weeks of therapy, at ~$6,000 (Canadian)! She'll re-evaluate every 8-10 weeks.
It seems like a long time, and a lot of money that my insurance won't cover...
What are other people's experiences? How long did your kids do therapy for?
