Reading Requires Vision Skills
If your child’s school has done a vision test and told you that his or her vision is fine, or even if your family optometrist has done so, but your child is struggling to learn to read, do not merely assume that your child’s reading problems lie elsewhere. The Page added to the Guide today is Vision Assessment Checklist and it contains a link to a checklist that will get you started on assessing the possibility that a vision problem is causing your child to struggle.
The checklist, developed after experience with dozens of clients of OnTrack Reading, helps me decide whether to refer parents to a developmental optometrist for a vision evaluation. I’ve already made it clear elsewhere on this website how important I believe vision skills are to reading, and the checklist should help you determine whether your child’s vision should be a concern.
To obtain it go to the Page titled Vision Assessment Checklist