Eyes for Learning: Preventing and Curing Vision-Related Learning Problems

Abstract

Reviews the book, Eyes for learning: Preventing and curing vision-related learning problems by Atonia Orfield (2007). Orfield makes a strong case for promoting good visual health in children to prevent future visual problems and their associated learning problems. She provides specific information on matters such as the correct angle and distance for viewing reading material, posture, and the importance of outdoors experiences, visual-motor exploratory experiences, movement, as well as a variety of near- and far-focusing activities to the development of healthy visual and learning systems. Orfield offers specific ideas for the promotion of good visual health in children that can be employed at home and at school. More important, she alerts us to be cognizant of the need to rear our children in environments that promote visual health and by extension sound learning, from a very early age. The case for the field of behavioral optometry would have been better made if the book were more focused. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)