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Behavioural
Optometry is a vision care system based on the understanding
that vision is the dominant process in the human species and
develops throughout one's life. Behavioural optometrists use
lenses and vision training to facilitate the development
of a more efficient and complete visual process.
This enhanced visual process allows for improved performance
in all areas of life in general movement and co-ordination,
in school, the workplace, sports and other recreational activities.
Behavioural Optometry defines
vision as the ability to derive meaning and direct actions
from what is seen as triggered by the process of light entering
the eye and impinging on the retina. It explores and examines
how the visual input at the eye is dealt with in the brain
and how it integrates with other brain processes e.g. hearing,
movement, touch etc.
Behavioural Optometry helps
in many seemingly unrelated disorders. These include:
- Dyslexi
- Dyspraxia
- Any learning problem in the classroom (poor concentration, poor handwriting, low reading, poor comprehension, poor maths, fidgety, etc.)
- Eye strain in the office including computer eye strain and computer vision syndrome
- Improving sports performance
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Eye turns (squints) and lazy eyes (Amblyopia)
- Headaches, double vision, fatigue
- ADD and ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
- Children with behavioural problems.
- Poor co-ordination, clumsy, poor at sports especially ball games and team games.
Source: http://www.babo.co.uk/
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