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1、Vision,Learning,AndDyslexiaAJointOrganizationalPolicyStatementoftheAmericanAcademyofOptometryandtheAmericanOptometricAssociationVisionandlearning,manychildrenandadultscontinuetostrugglewithlearningintheclassroomandtheworkplace.Advancesininformationtechnology,itsexpandingnecessi
2、ty,anditsaccessibilityareplacinggreaterdemandsonpeopleforefficientlearningandinformationprocessing.(1,2)Learningisaccomplishedthroughcomplexandinterrelatedprocesses,oneofwhichisvision.Determiningtherelationshipsbetweenvisionandlearninginvolvesmorethanevaluatingeyehealthandvisua
3、lacuity(clarityofsight).Problemsinidentifyingandtreatingpeoplewithlearning-relatedvisionproblemsarisewhensuchalimiteddefinitionofvisionisemployed.(3)Thispolicystatementaddressestheseissues,whichareimportanttoindividualswhohavelearning-relatedvisionproblems,theirfamilies,theirte
4、achers,theeducationalsystemandsociety.PolicyStatementPeopleatriskforlearning-relatedvisionproblemsshouldreceiveacomprehensiveoptometricevaluation.Thisevaluationshouldbeconductedaspartofamultidisciplinaryapproachinwhichallappropriateareasoffunctionareevaluatedandmanaged.(4)Thero
5、leoftheoptometristwhenevaluatingpeopleforlearning-relatedvisionproblemsistoconductathoroughassessmentofeyehealthandvisualfunctionsandcommunicatetheresultsandrecommendations.(5)Themanagementplanmayincludetreatment,guidanceandappropriatereferral.Theexpectedoutcomeofoptometricinte
6、rventionisanimprovementinvisualfunctionwiththealleviationofassociatedsignsandsymptoms.Optometricinterventionforpeoplewithlearning-relatedvisionproblemsconsistsoflenses,prisms,andvisiontherapy.Visiontherapydoesnotdirectlytreatlearningdisabilitiesordyslexia.(6,7)Visiontherapyisat
7、reatmenttoimprovevisualefficiencyandvisualprocessing,therebyallowingthepersontobemoreresponsivetoeducationalinstruction.(4,8)Itdoesnotprecludeanyotherformoftreatmentandshouldbeapartofamultidisciplinaryapproachtolearningdisabilities.(6,7)PertinentIssuesVisionisafundamentalfactor
8、inthelearningprocess.Thethreeinterrelatedareasofvisual
