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Visual perception and learning: issues and answers.

H A Solan1, E B Ciner

  • 1State College of Optometry/SUNY, NY 10010.

Journal of the American Optometric Association
|June 1, 1989
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Optometrists play a key role in helping children with learning disabilities. This paper supports optometric intervention, showing perceptual training improves skills and learning readiness in children with learning challenges.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Optometry
  • Pediatric Optometry
  • Learning Disabilities Research

Background:

  • The role of optometrists in interdisciplinary teams for learning disabled children is often unclear.
  • Existing literature provides a foundation for optometric intervention in pediatric learning challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish a philosophical basis for optometric intervention in learning disabled children.
  • To review literature supporting the efficacy of optometric therapy for learning challenges.
  • To clarify the optometrist's role within an interdisciplinary team.

Main Methods:

  • Review of correlational studies linking perceptual dysfunctions to learning readiness.
  • Analysis of research on perceptual training effectiveness.

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  • Examination of studies demonstrating intervention outcomes in learning disabled children.

    • Main Results:

    • Correlational studies confirm a relationship between perceptual skills and learning readiness.
    • Perceptual training demonstrably improves perceptual skills.
    • Interventions involving optometrists have shown positive effects on school learning for children with learning disabilities.

    Conclusions:

    • Optometric intervention is a valid and effective component of addressing learning disabilities.
    • Optometrists are integral members of interdisciplinary teams supporting children's educational development.
    • Enhanced visual-perceptual skills through optometric therapy contribute to improved academic performance.