Personalised vision therapy programs that support visual abilities, confidence and functional vision for children and adults.
Vision therapy is an integral part of our holistic approach to vision at SpecialEyes Newcastle.
Our vision therapy programs are unique. In partnership with each patient, we develop a program which incorporates their goals for their vision abilities.
Vision therapy requires equal doses of hard work and dedication, which means everyone being on the same page.
Vision Therapy is often described as “physical therapy for the eyes, brain, and body.” It is an active, engaging, evidence-based clinical treatment program designed to strengthen and improve the connection between your eyes and your central nervous system.
Rather than simply treating surface symptoms, Vision Therapy utilises neuroplasticity to build new visual pathways through repetition and conscious awareness. This helps patients develop comfortable, efficient, and coordinated vision in real-world environments.
Children Experiencing Learning Difficulties
Children struggling with reading fluency and comprehension, writing, distractibility or concentration. VT improves visual control and efficiency to support eye tracking, focusing, or eye teaming challenges that may be mistaken for behavioural or attention concerns. Activities are included in our VT programs to address visual information processing which is how the brain receives, understands and uses what the eyes see.
Patients Experiencing Visual Discomfort
Individuals suffering from headaches, eye strain, blurred vision, losing their place while reading, skipping words, tracking difficulties, fatigue, motion sensitivity, or discomfort on screens.
Athletes and Adults Seeking Performance Enhancement
High-performance individuals looking to improve balance, reaction time, coordination, spatial awareness, visual-motor integration (VMI), depth perception, body awareness, and visual timing under pressure. You cant hit or kick what you cant see??
Neurological Recovery Patients
Individuals seeking rehabilitation for visual deficits or post-concussion visual symptoms resulting from illnesses or injuries such as stroke, acquired and/or traumatic brain injuries, head injuries, whiplash, or Parkinson’s Disease.
Every program begins with a comprehensive Behavioural & Neuro-Developmental Vision Assessment, typically taking 45–60 minutes. Following the initial consultation any required pre-testing will occur to gather essential baseline information. This may include Right-Eye tracking assessment, Functional Syntonic Phototherapy field evaluation, VIP (Visual Information Processing) assessment. Together, these assessments evaluate spatial awareness, posture, motor development, visual processing, and functional performance to uncover the underlying causes of your difficulties, allowing us to develop a personalised treatment program tailored to your specific needs.
If Vision Therapy is appropriate, we design an individualised treatment plan tailored to your specific goals. Programs typically involve a combination of:
Vision Therapy can support and treat conditions such as:
By making the visual system more efficient, patients often experience improved reading fluency, neater writing, better attention and concentration, increased confidence in the classroom, reduced headaches, enhanced sporting performance, and greater visual comfort during screen use.
Our accredited Vision Therapist, Hannah Walton, brings warmth, encouragement and a sense of fun to our vision therapy programs.
This helps kids, parents and adult patients feel supported and informed throughout their vision therapy journey.
Vision therapy provides the opportunity for visual abilities to be enhanced and developed through a range of therapies.
At Specialeyes Newcastle, each vision therapy program is developed in partnership with the patient and is based on their individual visual abilities and goals.
Integrating vision with movement, timing, rhythm, speech and hearing.
Using specific optical tools where appropriate to support vision.
Supporting children with parent or carer supervised practice.
The time commitment varies depending on the level of visual abilities of each patient.
Our in-practice vision therapy sessions are one-on-one for 45 minutes over a 10-week period.
Like any new set of skills, practice makes perfect. Home practice of 20–30 minutes, 5 days a week, is best practice, with a parent or carer supervising.
We understand that sometimes it’s difficult to encourage your child to take time away from other activities to do their vision therapy practice.
Our experienced optometrists and vision therapists at SpecialEyes Newcastle have lots of hints and tips to help. Before you know it, vision therapy can become a seamless part of the daily routine and you will be seeing great results.
Our Vision Therapy at SpecialEyes Newcastle Facebook page contains helpful information on techniques, research and feedback from our patients.
We encourage patients and families to take a look and explore the information available.
We aim to make the process of booking your appointment as simple and stress-free as possible. Whether you are seeking a routine eye examination, a developmental vision assessment, Vision Therapy support, or an Orthokeratology consultation, our team is here to guide you toward the most appropriate care.