{"id":14047,"date":"2021-06-16T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/?page_id=14047"},"modified":"2021-07-19T16:10:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T16:10:54","slug":"improving-your-childs-self-esteem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/guide-to-vision-therapy\/what-is-vision-therapy\/improving-your-childs-self-esteem\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving your Child&#8217;s Self Esteem"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Many children suffer with low self esteem, which can dramatically improve after completing a program of vision therapy<\/b>.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Many children are labelled as lazy learners, poor students, learning difficulty and even dyslexia and ADHD, when it could be an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/\">undiagnosed vision problem<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s one story of how vision therapy changed a life.<\/p>\n<p>*Names have been changed for privacy.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Morgan, age 14<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Today Morgan is a happy and confident high school student who enjoys sleepovers with his friends, participating in school and sports activities, and hanging out skateboarding with friends.<\/p>\n<p>However, less than one year ago he was afraid to try new things and his self-esteem was impacting the care-free life of a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan was not enjoyable 8th grade, some days it seemed he understood a concept then the next day it was as if he was learning it all over again.<\/p>\n<p>The main issue was that Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/guide-vision-and-learning-difficulties\/\">avoided reading,<\/a> and noticed when he did read, the words were blurry or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/guide-vision-and-learning-difficulties\/\">seemed to \u2018float\u2019 on the page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Morgan&#8217;s eyes were working super hard to read, it\u2019s no wonder he struggled with reading, comprehension and even spelling was becoming a major challenge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If your child suffers with low self esteem due to their school grades, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/practice-search\/\">contact an eye doctor<\/a> near you<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"practice-search-widget\">\n\t\t<h3>Find a vision therapy eye doctor near you<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t<form class=\"practice-search-form practice-search-form-widget\" action=\"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/practice-search\/results\/\" method=\"get\">\n\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"distance\" value=\"100\" class=\"practice-search-distance\">\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page\" class=\"practice-search-page\">\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"address_latitude\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"address_longitude\">\n\n\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"address\" class=\"practice-search-address\" placeholder=\"City, Surburb or Address\" value=\"\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" 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had started to enjoy reading and even began to ask, \u201cCan I read the next book?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morgan slowly gained more\u00a0 confidence, even his body posture and eye contact improved.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan\u2019s teachers noted an increase in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/guide-vision-and-learning-difficulties\/\">reading grade level<\/a>, neater handwriting, and he was happier to contribute to class discussions.\u00a0 His overall enjoyment of sports improved as did his balance and eye-hand coordination.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/\">vision therapy program<\/a> Morgan was almost reading as well as all his friends as he now has significantly improved;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">eye teaming and tracking<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">focusing<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">visual processing 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