Healthy Sight and Learning
Parents and teachers who take measures to monitor children’s vision may help the chances of them succeeding in the classroom. Undiagnosed vision problems are one of the major causes of learning difficulties in school-age children, because during their first 12 years, visual... more v Healthy Sight and Learning
Parents and teachers who take measures to monitor children’s vision may help the chances of them succeeding in the classroom. Undiagnosed vision problems are one of the major causes of learning difficulties in school-age children, because during their first 12 years, visual learning accounts for 80 percent of the learning process.
When vision problems are undetected, children often have trouble reading or completing their schoolwork. They may exhibit a lack of attention or appear to be fidgety during the school day, which can potentially be misdiagnosed as a learning disability.
As parents help to provide their children with all the necessary tools to succeed in school, it’s important for them to include a regular, comprehensive eye exam as part of their back-to-school checklist.
Preserving healthy sight for a lifetime begins with early detection. Common signs of possible vision problems in school-aged children include:
- Holds reading materials too close to the eyes
- Uses fingers to trace words when reading
- Exhibits lack of attention or fatigue during school
- Constantly rubs the eyes
- Continuously squints
- Complains about headaches
- Turns or tilts the head to use one eye only
- Shows extreme light sensitivity
- Has irritated or teary eyes
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