The Rarely Discussed Reason why your Child is Struggling in School
Reading, writing, and math are the foundation of our educational system and the basis for what your child needs to succeed in school....
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Mar 28
- 3 min
How Functional Vision Problems Affect Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
Reading, writing, and arithmetic. They’re the foundation of our educational system and the basis for what your child needs to succeed in...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Computer Vision Syndrome: What it is, Causes, Symptoms, and Prevention
In today’s digital world, many people spend hours looking at computer screens, smartphones, tablets, and other electronic devices. While...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Mar 6
- 4 min
Why wont my child wear their glasses?
Kids who won’t wear their glasses reject them for various reasons. One may surprise parents and teachers: The glasses are not the optimal...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Feb 27
- 3 min
Why do Some People Need Glasses?
Chances are you know someone who wears glasses or contact lenses. About 79% of the United States population wears corrective lenses to...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Eye Movements in Ocular Motor Dysfunction
There are three different types of eye movements that we use every single day: Fixations, saccades, and pursuits. When an ocular motor...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Feb 6
- 4 min
Learning to Learn Part 4: Motor Systems
The next level of development is the motor systems. Body schema, bilateral integration, ocular motor control, and motor planning begin...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Jan 30
- 3 min
Learning to Learn Part 3: Sensory Systems
From birth, we interact with our world through a network of sensory systems. Each system provides complementary information about the...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Jan 23
- 3 min
Learning to Learn Part 2: Primitive Reflexes
Development begins with a set of automatic movement patterns that originate in the brain stem. These specific motor patterns are called...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Jan 16
- 3 min
Learning to Learn Part 1
Imagine a classroom of fifth graders sitting at their desks while their teacher presents a lesson on the solar system. She presents an...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Jan 14
- 2 min
What are Visual Perceptual Skills?
Visual perception allows us to process the visual information being sent to the brain. Our brains constantly take in and sort through...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Jan 14
- 4 min
What Can My Baby See?
One of the most common questions I get from parents is what their newborns and infants can see. The thought of an infant going from the...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Spot-It
To the regular eye, Spot-It may seem like your stereotypical mundane matching card game. However, for vision therapists, it’s their...
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Dr. Christina Murray
- Jan 2
- 3 min
How do our Eyes Work?
Have you ever thought about how your eyes work? Most of us are lucky enough where our eyes work without ever needing to think about them....
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Dr. Christina Murray
- May 21, 2022
- 1 min
Vision and Learning
Pediatric Vision Associates' focus is to identify vision problems in children. Vision problems can making reading and learning extremely...
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