How We Help

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Helen Irlen was the creator of coloured lens treatment protocol for perceptual processing difficulties. The Irlen Method has helped tens of thousands of patients by providing a long-term solution to reading problems, headaches, light sensitivity, ADD and ADHD, autism and many other ailments – by directly addressing a core problem: the situations in there has been an overwhelming of the brain’s inability to process Visual information. If you or your child have been suffering, then you deserve to know more about the most widely used, research-based, and most effective solution available to you.

The symptoms of Irlen Syndrome are wide-ranging, but the solutions -Irlen coloured overlays and Irlen Spectral Filters (worn as either glasses or contacts) – are straightforward and available to you. Irlen addresses the underlying perceptual processing difficulties and light sensitivity that can contribute to reading difficulties, headaches, and attention difficulties.

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Cellfield is the first intervention to target the auditory, visual and motor pathways simultaneously. Cellfield targets visual, auditory and motor functions simultaneously. Clever software design expands working memory, strengthens attention and improves reading related motor functions.

Auditory – Specially designed sound parcels target auditory processing

Visual – Unique motion graphics and special lenses target visual processing

Auditory to Visual bridge – Cellfield is the only technology that bonds auditory and visual pathways, which allows the struggling reader’s brain to function more like a typical reader’s.

Motor pathways – To be truly effective, recent brain scan research shows that the auditory, visual and motor functions involved with reading must be activated and coordinated at the same time. This synchronized action allows the neural bonds between the letters and sound combinations to develop.  Linking auditory, visual and motor functions is vital to the reading process.

Optometric Vision Therapy

• Evidence-based treatment of Strabismus, Amblyopia, Accommodation, Ocular Motor function and Visual-Perceptual-motor abilities.
• A well proven and carefully structured process of improving a person's Visual skills.
• Gives improved comfort, better reading and improved confidence.
• Builds higher levels of efficiency and accuracy for sport and competition .

Optometric Vision Therapy techniques

• Treatments vary according to the problems diagnosed in a person's Visual Skills.
• We establish an individual Management & Treatment Plan.
• Some techniques are surprisingly simple and low-tech while others use the very latest in computer-driven stimulation of Visual Perception.
• We use Therapeutic spectacle lenses, Prisms, Filters, Occluders (eyepatches and penalization), Electronic targets with timing mechanisms and balance boards.

Optometric Vision Therapy assists these functions;

• The ability to follow a moving object smoothly, accurately and effortlessly with both eyes and at the same time think, talk, read or listen without losing alignment of eyes.
• The ability to fix the eyes upon a series of stationary objects quickly and accurately, with both eyes, and at the same time know what each object is.
• The ability to change focus quickly, without blur, from far to near and from near to far, repeatedly and effortlessly and at the same time look for meaning and obtain understanding from the symbols or objects seen.
• The ability to team two eyes together. This skill should work so well that no interference exists between the two eyes that can result in having to suppress or mentally block information from one eye or the other. Any undesirable shutting downgrading of information to one eye lowers understanding and speed, increases fatigue and distractibility, and shortens attention span.
• The ability to see over a large area (in the periphery) while pointing the eyes straight ahead. For safety, self-confidence and to read rapidly, a person needs to see "the big picture," to know easily where they are on a page while reading and to take in large amounts of information, i.e., a large number of words per look.
• The ability to see and know (recognize) in a short look. Efficient vision is dependent on the ability to see rapidly, to see and know an object, people or words in a very small fraction of a second. The less time required to see, the faster the reading and thinking.
• The ability to see in depth. A child should be able to throw a beanbag into a hat 10 feet away, to judge the visual distance and control the arm movements needed. An adult needs to see and judge how far it is to the curb, make accurate visual decisions about the speed and distances of other cars to be safe.
• The winning edge of sports performance. Even small percentage gains in Visual Efficiency can convert to podium positions for serious and social athletes.

Interactive Metronome

• Evidence-based assessment and training of neural timing and synchronization of the brain.
• Targeted at key brain networks for cognitive, communicative,sensory & motor performance.
• Neural timing is what allows us to focus attention, to move and to think fluidly, to  process language and to read.
• Accurate neural timing is one of the most critical factors inhuman performance.
• Stress, head injuries, concussion and stroke can impair neural timing
• We are certified providers of the Interactive Metronome for use in-Office and at IM-Home.

Interactive Metronome techniques can assist these conditions;

• ADD/ADHD
• Autism
• Auditory Processing Disorder
• Cerebral Palsy
• Developmental Delays
• Dyslexia
• Learning Disabilities
• Alzheimer’s / Dementia
• Brain Injury,  Concussions, Stroke
• Parkinsons
• Athletic Enhancement
• Academic Improvement
• Overall Wellness

Interactive Metronome assists these functions;

• Attention
• Processing Speed
• Working Memory
• Executive Functions
• Self-Regulation
• Expressive and Receptive Language
• Reading Comprehension, Rate & Fluency
• Mathematics