We may have some insight into why Meli seems to be extremely moody. She has a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde thing happening. I thought it was possibly due to being an introvert, which probably has something to do with it...but we recently found out that she has several eye disorders that are causing her headaches and extreme eye tiredness.
She got her eye glasses a few months back, which seemed to help some. She is far-sighted, so being able to see up close at school was an amazing thing for her. Her eye doctor wanted to check back in a month to make sure some anomalies were fixed with the glasses. At that time, she recommended taking a test with their Eye Therapist to see if she has some disorders.
They tested her:
Eye Movement control
Focusing Ability
Eye Teaming Ability (working together)
Depth Perception
Laterality/Directionality
Fine Motor Eye-Hand coordination and more...This involves (visual closure, memory, sequential memory, Spatial relations)
Visual and auditory screening (she had less than 10 % for visual)
Neuro Development Reflexes (Moro, Asymmetrical neck, symmetrical, and Head righting reflex)
Her Diagnosis:
Convergence Insufficiency
Ocular Motor Dysfunction
Binocular Dysfunction
Accommodative Spasm
Exotropia
The Eye Therapist mentioned that a lot of times kids do not get the correct diagnosis. Kids (and adults) come in with diagnoses of ADHD or being on the Austim spectrum...but some times it is there eyes are not functioning correct, which has a lot of impact on some brain functions and physical. A family member had thought Meli was possibly slightly on the spectrum. These disorders could explain why they thought that. It is amazing what is affected by having these disorders.
She has difficulty tracking words horizontally (which can have a big impact on reading). This totally made sense to me. She loves to read the Piggie and Gerald books, but she will become very irritated when she tries to read other books to me. The ones are in very large print, which makes it easier for her to find the next word. The other ones were in smaller print and would cause her to get frustrated.
She also scores extremely low with visual instructions. This is used a lot at school. She was less than 10% accurate with the visual instructions. I am going to be meeting with her teacher to see what help she can provide.
She goes to eye therapy once a week (for about 7 months) and then we do home therapy everyday. It is scary to be told that your child has something that causes them to be developmentally behind and that can cause physical and mental tasks suited for her age to be difficult. We are very fortunate that this can be fixed and as most things that come at you...it could be worse. (Most of the time).
I am hopeful that this will work out and that she can learn to use her eyes correctly.
~ Love, Hugs & Kisses ~
The B Family
She got her eye glasses a few months back, which seemed to help some. She is far-sighted, so being able to see up close at school was an amazing thing for her. Her eye doctor wanted to check back in a month to make sure some anomalies were fixed with the glasses. At that time, she recommended taking a test with their Eye Therapist to see if she has some disorders.
They tested her:
Eye Movement control
Focusing Ability
Eye Teaming Ability (working together)
Depth Perception
Laterality/Directionality
Fine Motor Eye-Hand coordination and more...This involves (visual closure, memory, sequential memory, Spatial relations)
Visual and auditory screening (she had less than 10 % for visual)
Neuro Development Reflexes (Moro, Asymmetrical neck, symmetrical, and Head righting reflex)
Her Diagnosis:
Convergence Insufficiency
Ocular Motor Dysfunction
Binocular Dysfunction
Accommodative Spasm
Exotropia
The Eye Therapist mentioned that a lot of times kids do not get the correct diagnosis. Kids (and adults) come in with diagnoses of ADHD or being on the Austim spectrum...but some times it is there eyes are not functioning correct, which has a lot of impact on some brain functions and physical. A family member had thought Meli was possibly slightly on the spectrum. These disorders could explain why they thought that. It is amazing what is affected by having these disorders.
She has difficulty tracking words horizontally (which can have a big impact on reading). This totally made sense to me. She loves to read the Piggie and Gerald books, but she will become very irritated when she tries to read other books to me. The ones are in very large print, which makes it easier for her to find the next word. The other ones were in smaller print and would cause her to get frustrated.
She also scores extremely low with visual instructions. This is used a lot at school. She was less than 10% accurate with the visual instructions. I am going to be meeting with her teacher to see what help she can provide.
She goes to eye therapy once a week (for about 7 months) and then we do home therapy everyday. It is scary to be told that your child has something that causes them to be developmentally behind and that can cause physical and mental tasks suited for her age to be difficult. We are very fortunate that this can be fixed and as most things that come at you...it could be worse. (Most of the time).
I am hopeful that this will work out and that she can learn to use her eyes correctly.
~ Love, Hugs & Kisses ~
The B Family
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