How many people do you know who've been in for evals? Do you have a gut feeling that there wasn't really an issue or do you think they were scammed? I tend to wonder about the "nationally known" part - a good behavioral optometrist wouldn't necessarily have to be nationally known - so why are they nationally known? Is it due to their work or due to self-promotion?
The "nationally known" guy I mentioned is well known b/c he is listed as an expert on many articles regarding convergence insufficiency/vision therapy & b/c he's the author of a lot of publications about the same.
I, personally, know five people who've done vision therapy. I only know two well. One of them went through this years and years ago with her son (he's my age, so things may have changed a lot). She said that it was helpful, but that the results faded over time. The second has a child similar in age to mine. At the time, she thought that it was helpful as well but a few years later felt that it had made no difference for her child. I, honestly, can't recall who the woman with the child closer in age to mine saw for diagnosis and treatment of her child.
