{"id":7681,"date":"2020-09-03T07:44:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T07:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/?page_id=7681"},"modified":"2021-08-11T10:05:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T10:05:18","slug":"smart-in-everything-but-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/vision-therapy-for-children\/teachers-guide-to-vision\/smart-in-everything-but-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart in Everything… Except School"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: <\/b>Dr. Denise Smith<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Center for Vision Development, Austin TX<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you know a child who is smart in everything but school?\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

These children usually appear to meet all the developmental milestones on time and may even have advanced language or motor skills. Then, little by little it starts to become obvious that the child is not performing at the expected level, or even falls below age\/grade level.<\/p>\n

Parents are perplexed. Teachers are perplexed.<\/b><\/p>\n

Often, even doctors are perplexed and cannot explain why the child is not succeeding despite his\/her high intellectual ability. Occasionally, vision may be considered as a culprit. However, most of the time, the child passes the school and pediatrician vision screenings<\/a> presenting a false sense of security that his\/her vision is well developed.<\/p>\n

It is estimated that one in four school-age children have an undiagnosed vision problem that impedes learning.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Visual Skills<\/h2>\n

In many cases, the child has \u201c20\/20\u201d visual acuity<\/a> but has deficiencies in the functional vision skills<\/a> such as:<\/p>\n