My daughter is 7 and in second grade. She received academic support in both math and reading last year in first grade … through the year she closed a lot of gaps but had some weak areas still. Phonemic awareness for reading, but behaviorally things took a turn - big tantrums regarding task imitation, focus, concentration etc. she has always had “big feelings “ but there was an increase
In anxious/ avoidant behavior not just About academics, but she struggles with anything she isn’t “perfect at”.
She starts yawning within minutes of reading/ close work. Her reading intervention teacher told us her tracking wasn’t right, which we knew as she loses her place
A lot, leaves off beginning of words,
Slips small Words, flips words etc.. I took her for an eye exam last spring even though everyone said it was fine. Well now after enrolling her in therapy and working on getting a nueropsyc to better understand her whole picture finally got in with a developmental eye doctor this week . She is slightly farsighted, but more importantly lots of flags her eyes aren’t working optimally together. She got 5/10 on depth perception, corrected she got 8/10 and was 2.5 times faster. Also diagnosed with convergence excess , 20% undershoot sacaddes, fusion with defective steropsis. She’ll soon be the proud owner of purple glasses to be worn in class and for reading/ close work at home. She’ll have a follow up end of November and that exam Will determine if she needs further specialized eye exams and then possible vision therapy. Her nueropsyc is being pushed back a few weeks to see how the glasses
Impact her.
I am not expecting the glasses to be a silver bullet, but coming here to learn from others who have experienced similar either themselves or their family. Thanks!