Those of you who missed my lecture at Learning & The Brain (in Chicago, May 2011) can now have the opportunity to listen to the 1 hours lecture. Click below to order an MP3 or CD of the lecture: Recording Price MP3 CD See It, Say It, Do It: Creating Successful and Confident Students Through […]
Integrating Your Internal & External Vision – The Starbucks Way
Starbucks Corporate provides their employees health/wellness support through group lectures, individual consultations, health & wellness program development and corporate health promotion. I was honored to have been asked to speak at Starbucks Support Center in Seattle, WA to a group of Starbucks partners (employees). The presentation was entitled: “Integrating Your Internal & External Vision”. The […]
Infant See! Check Your Babies in the 1st Year of Life
Great Fox News Video on Infant See, American Optometric Associations program to ensure all infants under 1 year old have access to a FREE vision assessment by an OD (Doctor of Optometry). Take a look at the video. Thanks to Dr. Andrea Thau for her excellent interview. For more information on Infant See (R) Click […]
3D Stereo Vision
Thanks to our colleague, Dr. Dom Maino, and others, 3D Vision topics are hot! With all the 3D movies, videos and games, people are asking questions, like: At what age can my child view 3D safely? As a parent should I have concerns about my child viewing 3D television, movies or games and seizures? If […]
Hate Math? Learn How to Reduce that Anxiety Through Visualization!
Education Week just featured an article that just the “suggestion” of a math test can trigger a stress response in the brain. The article explains how the stress response can interfere with problem solving, hobbling the prefrontal cortex, and also how anxiety can even “cause” a form of dyscalculia. Dr. Judy Willis, neurologist/educator is quoted. […]
Increasing Developmental Delays-What's Up?
INCREASING DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found the overall prevalence of developmental disabilities among children increased by 17 percent between 1997 and 2008, with 15 percent of U.S. children — nearly 10 million — having a developmental disability in 2008. The study is in the current issue […]
Strabismus Long Term Outcome for Partial Accommodative Esotropia Surgery
Thanks to Dr. Dom Maino for his blog post as follows: Partially accommodative esotropia is an acquired strabismus characterized by high hyperopia, a normal AC/A ratio, and a deviation that responds only partially to spectacle correction. …. This retrospective study was done to determine the risk factors for a poor surgical outcome, and to evaluate the […]
AOA Focus on Vision Summit
The American Optometric Association just released a Joint Statement that states, “… healthy eyes and vision are important to a child’s ability to succeed in school and later in life … We are concerned that undiagnosed and untreated vision problems among school-aged children in the US is an urgent national public health challenge. With 1 […]
PAVE Video-Great Understanding of Vision Therapy
PAVE (Parents Active in Vision Education) made a video years ago on how vision therapy changed kids lives. It is very well done, interviewing parents, students, teachers, optometrists, psychologists and physicians. I have shown this video to parents and education groups. In 13 minutes, the symptoms of a learning related vision problem, the treatment and […]
See It. Say It. Do It! – Honored With Another Award!
JPX MEDIA GROUP ANNOUNCES WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF THE 2011 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS Mainstream & Independent Titles from 11 Countries Score Top Honors in the 2nd Annual International Book Awards “Award-Winner in the “Parenting/Family: General” category of the 2011 International Book Awards” is … See It. Say It. Do It! Jeffrey Keen, President and […]