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 […]
COVD: Recapitulating 40 Years of Excellence
Great historical article summarizing the pasts 40 years of excellence for COVD (College of Optometrists in Vision Development) Click here
Do Gifted Children Choose Their Gifts?
Dr. Len Press, optometric colleague, just published an article about the unique learning styles of gifted children. He concludes, “Ultimately, it is our responsibility to be sure that the creative gifts that children have in visual thinking and visualization are not sacrificed in acquiring other visual readiness skills for reading. The challenge is to make children like Brigid feel […]
Vision Therapy Grand Rounds
My gratitude to the GWCO (Great Western Council Optometry) Board for the opportunity to speak this past weekend to their optometric meeting. Over 100 optometrists attended my 2 lectures: Vision Therapy Grand Rounds and The Power of Visualization. Great interest, questions and response. It’s exciting to see how many primary care optometrists were interested […]