Vision Therapy

Vision therapy is that part of optometric care devoted to developing, improving, and enhancing people's visual performance. Vision therapy involves medically supervised programs of therapeutic procedures and the use of medically regulated devices, such as lenses and prisms. Therefore, vision therapy is considered an optometric therapy which is provided by a trained eye care specialist. AER has a position paper on the following topic: Low Vision Position Paper #4 - The Role and Training of Teachers of Students with Visual Impairment (TSVI) as a Special Educator and Why TSVIs Do Not Provide Vision Therapy Services.

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