Our practice specializes in developmental optometry, vision therapy, and neuro-optometric rehabilitation for children and adults with functional vision disorders. We work closely with physicians, therapists, educators, and other healthcare professionals to evaluate visual conditions that may affect reading, learning, neurological recovery, sports performance, and activities of daily living.
Refer to Visual Health & Learning Center
Pediatric Referrals
A developmental vision evaluation may be appropriate for children who have: reading difficulties, learning-related vision problems, eye tracking or focusing problems, poor eye teaming or binocular vision, convergence insufficiency, amblyopia (lazy eye), strabismus (eye turn), double vision, visual processing concerns, difficulty copying from the board, poor depth perception, or headaches/eyestrain during near work.
Adult Our Referrals
We also evaluate adults experiencing: vision changes following concussion or traumatic brain injury, stroke-related visual problems, double vision, binocular vision disorders, functional vision complaints despite 20/20 eyesight, persistent headaches or visual fatigue, difficulty reading or working at a computer, prism lens evaluations, and neuro-optometric rehabilitation needs.
Our Practice Serves Referring Providers Throughout Central Florida
Our office is conveniently located in East Orlando, and we regularly receive referrals from providers throughout Waterford Lakes, Orlando, and the surrounding Central Florida communities. Because developmental optometry and neuro-optometric rehabilitation are specialty services, many patients travel to our office for evaluation and treatment after being referred by their healthcare provider.
Submit a Referrall
If you would like to refer a patient for a developmental vision evaluation, please complete our referral form and send it to our office. If you're unsure whether your patient is an appropriate candidate, our team is happy to discuss the referral with you.
When appropriate and with patient authorization, we provide evaluation findings and treatment recommendations to the referring provider so everyone involved in the patient's care has a clear understanding of the plan moving forward.
Information for Referring Providers
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We evaluate and provide neuro-optometric rehabilitation for patients experiencing functional vision problems following concussion, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and other neurological conditions. Treatment recommendations are individualized based on the patient's visual symptoms and examination findings.
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With patient authorization, we provide referring providers with a summary of the evaluation findings, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations to support continuity of care.
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When appropriate and with patient or parent authorization, we collaborate with occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, teachers, schools, neurologists, pediatricians, and other members of the patient's care team.
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We value collaborative relationships with optometrists, ophthalmologists, neurologists, pediatricians, therapists, and other healthcare professionals. Our goal is to complement the care you're already providing by addressing functional vision concerns while maintaining open communication throughout the patient's care.
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Visual Health & Learning Center provides specialty developmental optometry, vision therapy, and neuro-optometric rehabilitation. Patients continue routine eye care, primary eye health management, and ongoing refractive care with their primary eye care provider unless other arrangements have been made.
Routine eye examinations primarily evaluate ocular health and refractive error. A developmental vision evaluation focuses on functional vision by assessing how the eyes and brain work together during reading, learning, work, sports, and other everyday activities. These evaluations are designed to identify functional vision disorders that may not be detected during a routine eye examination.
Most developmental vision evaluations take approximately 1½ hours. This allows sufficient time to complete a comprehensive assessment, review the patient's history, and evaluate the visual skills most relevant to the referral concern.
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Treatment recommendations are based entirely on the results of the evaluation. Depending on the findings, recommendations may include prescription lenses, prism therapy, vision therapy, home reinforcement activities, referral to another healthcare provider, or no treatment if a functional vision disorder is not identified.
Vision therapy may be appropriate for patients with functional vision disorders such as binocular vision dysfunction, convergence insufficiency, accommodative disorders, oculomotor dysfunction, amblyopia, strabismus, selected learning-related vision problems, and certain visual disorders associated with neurological conditions. Recommendations are always based on the patient's examination findings rather than diagnosis alone.