Optometric Vision Therapy Transforms Lives

at 4D Vision Gym, Vision Therapy
in Cromwell, Connecticut!

Optometric Vision Therapy is an optometrist-supervised, treatment program that has successfully corrected specific visual challenges faced by children and adults.

We help adults and children who have vision issues that interfere with their ability to read, to comprehend, to learn, to work, and even to pay attention.

Learn more here:

• • FAQs
  • Vision Quiz & Checklists
  • Vision Therapy Diagnoses
  • Vision Therapy Success Stories

Behavioral Optometry

Behavioral Optometry (or Developmental Optometry) is concerned with how your eyes and visual system function and how your behavior affects vision or how your vision influences your behavior.

As a Behavioral Optometrist, Dr. Juanita Collier, will ask questions about your vision problems at work, school and home, and she will explore how optometric vision therapy and/or eye glasses may help improve your comfort and performance, while preventing future vision issues.

What is Optometric Vision Therapy?

Optometric Vision Therapy Is Effective Treatment Program for All Ages
Vision Therapy — a type of therapy for the eyes and brain — is a highly effective non-surgical treatment for many common visual problems such as lazy eye, crossed eyes, double vision, convergence insufficiency and some reading and learning disabilities. Many patients who have been told, “it’s too late,” or “you’ll have to learn to live with it” have benefited from vision therapy.

In the case of learning disabilities, vision therapy is specifically directed toward resolving visual problems which interfere with reading, learning and educational instruction. Optometrists do not claim that this program of care is a direct treatment for learning disabilities.

What is involved in a Optometric Vision Therapy program?
This program of care is

• • • a progressive program of vision “exercises” or procedures;
    • performed under doctor supervision;
    • individualized to fit the visual needs of each patient;
    • generally conducted in-office, in once or twice weekly sessions of 30 minutes to an hour;
    • usually supplemented with procedures done at home between office visits (“home reinforcement” or “homework”);
    • depending on the case, the procedures are prescribed to:
      • help patients develop or improve fundamental visual skills and abilities;
      • improve visual comfort, ease, and efficiency;
      • change how a patient processes or interprets visual information.

Optometric Vision Therapy in Cromwell is Not Just Eye Exercises
Unlike other forms of exercise, the goal of Vision Therapy is not to strengthen eye muscles. Your eye muscles are already incredibly strong.

Vision Therapy is not to be confused with any self-directed, self-help program of eye exercises which is or has been marketed to the public.

In-office Vision Therapy is supervised by optometric vision care professionals and many types of specialized and/or medical equipment can be used in Optometric Vision Therapy programs, such as:

• • • corrective lenses (regulated medical devices);
    • therapeutic lenses (regulated medical devices);
    • prism lenses (regulated medical devices);
    • optical filters;
    • occluders or eye patches;
    • electronic targets with timing mechanisms;
    • computer software;
    • balance boards (vestibular device);
    • visual-motor-sensory integration training devices.

The first step in any Vision Therapy program is a functional vision evaluation. Following a thorough evaluation, a qualified vision care professional can advise the candidate as to whether Vision Therapy would be appropriate treatment.

Vision Therapy in Cromwell, Connecticut
Dr. Juanita Collier and her Vision Therapists and staff warmly welcome you to our website and our new, state of the art Optometric and Vision Therapy office in Cromwell, Connecticut.

Dr. Collier is a Behavioral Optometrist, specializing in the Optometric and Vision Therapy needs of children, adolescents, teenagers and adults. Her practice, 4D Vision Gym, serves the town of Cromwell and nearby towns of Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, West Hartford, Berlin, Newington, Farmington, Glastonbury, Southington, Plainville, Middletown and all of Hartford County and beyond.

* Sourced: www.visiontherapy.org

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FAQ’s
Dr. Juanita Collier is a Behavioral Optometrist (or Developmental Optometrist). She evaluates visual problems and specializes in vision-related learning issues that may cause patients to struggle to learn efficiently.
Success Stories
Vision Therapy Success StoriesRead the Vision Therapy success stories and testimonials below about what parents, teachers, children, and adult patients say when asked:”How has Vision Therapy impacted your life?” or”What changes have you seen as a result of participating in Vision Therapy?” Vision Therapy TestimonialsYou can click the images of Eye Guy below or the purple links below those to read Vision Therapy testimonials and success stories.Click the purple links below to read about Vision Therapy for success in school, for sports and coordination, for visual disabilities, for learning disabilities and about our Vision Therapy success stories at 4D Vision Gym.
Vision Quiz & Symptoms
Learn how to detect possible visual problems in a child or adult with vision quizzes and checklists on this page.Or you can do a click here to do a Self Evaluation.
Vision Therapy Diagnoses
Below are brief explanations of some Vision Therapy diagnoses, like convergence insufficiency, convergence excess, accommodative disorder, oculomotor dysfunction, and strabismus.