Vision is the signal that starts the muscles of the body to respond.
Tag Archives | Hellerstein & Brenner Vision Center
Tips #12: PERIPHERAL VISION Soft focus
Hold the star at reading distance. Look “hard” at the dot in the center, and notice how the dot reduces in size and your awareness of your periphery decreases.
Tip #11: PERIPHERAL VISION – Do you have eyes in the back of your head?
When a basketball player sees a teammate out of the corner of his eye, the player is using his peripheral vision. You can increase your ability to see action to the side without turning your head.
Tip #9: FOCUS & EYE COORDINATION – String & beads
In this exercise, you’ll train your eyes using a string and beads held up to your face. Put two beads on a six-foot string.
Parents: Don’t make this mistake!
One of the biggest mistakes parents can make is to assume that their child’s vision is fine because the vision screening was passed at the pediatrician’s office or the school nurse’s office.Beanie Leffler, now 60 years old, knows firsthand how big a mistake that is. She had passed all the vision screenings, and her parents […]
Tip #7: EYE TRACKING – Eyes on the ball
Do you have trouble catching the ball (or coach athletes who do)?
Tip #3: Great Sports Performance Requires At Least 15 Vision-related Skills
Great sports performance requires at least 15 vision-related skills to improve visual awareness, reaction time, anticipation and timing.
Governor Hickenlooper has proclaimed August 2013 “Children’s Vision and Learning Month” in the State of Colorado
Therefore, I, John Hickenlooper, Governor of the State of Colorado, do hereby proclaim August 2013, CHILDREN’S VISION AND LEARNING MONTH.
COVD Joins with Author, Educator, & Expert in Early Learning Success, Dr. Bob Sornson in Saying “It’s Time to Stop Arguing and Help Our Children!!”
When you take a child who has really struggled to read because of visual issues, the longer that goes on you’re no longer dealing with just a vision issue; now you have an attitude problem, a behavior problem, and avoidance issues,” states Sornson.
Tip #2: Eyesight–20/20 Isn’t Always Perfect
20/20 just means that you can see a small letter about 1-inch tall at 20 feet. You could see double and still have 20/20 vision.