See It. Say It. Do It! The Parent’s & Teacher’s Action Guide to Creating Successful Students & Confident Kids by Dr. Lynn F. Hellerstein has just been honored and received the following awards: “Award-Winning Finalist in the following categories of the “Best Books 2010” Awards, sponsored by USA Book News” The 3 Categories are: Education […]
Oliver Sacks New Book – The Mind's Eye
Today is the launch day for the much anticipated release of a new book by Oliver Sacks, The Mind’s Eye. Per an Amazon reviewer, Evelyn Uyemura, “The Mind’s Eye is a superb synthesis of science, medicine, and insight into the human experience. His obvious empathy, and even affection, for the people he meets and consults […]
Vision Therapy Reboots Vision System in Brain Injury Patients
For most of us, clear vision is as easy as opening our eyes. However, every year 1.4 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury that could affect their ability to see. Dr. Sue Durham, optometrist, said a growing number of people with vision problems from brain injury are military service members stationed in Iraq and […]
More about Reading-Improvements Following Vision Therapy
Dr. Dom Maino nicely summarizes research by Dr. Barry Tannen. In his blog, Dr. Maino states, “The Visagraph Eye Movement System (Visagraph) records and analyzes a student’s eye movements while reading. The analysis provides grade level equivalents for various measurements such as fixations and regressions per 100 words and reading speed in words per minute. […]
Author U Bootcamp
Dr. Judith Briles & Katherine Carol continue organizing great CE and support for independent authors. Check out a few of my fellow authors. The boot camp was about ebooks and all the new technology regarding publication of books! Judith was my book shephard for my award-winning book, See It. Say It. Do It!
The Thrifty Diva
Check out my friend and co-author, Barb Tobias new video. She is having a garage sell like none other! Barb always looks like a million bucks, and then tells us how little she spent of her beautiful wardrobe! Click here to watch the video!
Have Your Child's Eyes Examined for School- 1 out of 4 kids have vision problems!
Michael J. Earley, OD, PhD, is a Professor of Clinical Optometry at THE Ohio State University College of Optometry is paired with Bill Nye the Science Guy as spokespersons for the AOA’s Back to School campaign. Listen to Dr. Earley & Bill Nye discuss the importance of vision & learning. 25% of kids in school […]
Bring Poetry to Life
My friend & poet, Carol Calkins,is launching her new book, Bring Poetry to Life, on Oct 20, 2010. Click here to check it out. Consider purchasing her book on Oct. 20 from www.amazon.com
Tap Into Your Inner Self
Join my friend and expert psychologist, Dr. Deb Sandella in a 1-day seminar on RIM on Sat. Oct. 23, 2010. Per Dr. Deb, “When we know and trust who we are, we can stop longing to be someone else. We can release the struggle to make more money, look better, or compete to get ahead. Instead, […]
Fun in the Sun
COVD (College of Optometrists in Vision Development) held its 40th Annual Meeting in Puerto Rico… beautiful venue, great friends and excellent speakers. One of the featured speakers was Dr. Susan Barry, neuro-scientist and author of Fixing My Gaze. She spoke on the neurobiology basis supporting neuroplasticity. Her expertise and entertaining speaking style laid the foundation for […]