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When a person can’t control an eye people often refer to it as a “lazy eye”. However, the brain is responsible for making the eyes align. An eye turn is a problem far beyond just eyes and eye muscles, it’s a problem in the brain.

When a person has an eye that doesn’t see well or turns in or out people often refer to it as a “lazy eye”. However, in these situations the eye is typically perfectly healthy. So is it a “lazy eye” or is it a “lazy brain” that is poorly controlling the eye?

Vision is processed in every part of the brain. So all it takes is one hit for a person to suffer mild or even significant visual deficiencies.

Active Play as a child is essential for developing visual perceptual skills. Visual perceptual skills are the building blocks for learning. These skills begin development in infants who are interacting with their world.

Are these the same thing? Understanding right vs. left is a crucial fundamental skill to understanding the differences in letters, words, and numbers.

Everyone has heard of 20/20, but this is only 1 small part of what vision actually does! Vision is used to interpret the world around us to make decisions and actions.

The American Optometric Association provides a great summary of how vision really works day to day in the classroom.  Take a look inside this blog, see for yourself!

Pop Quiz: How many children have a vision problem affecting learning? See more about how children’s vision impacts their learning and behavior in our blog thanks to the “think about your eyes” campaign.

Many people of heard of the return to play policy when a person experiences a concussion. What about the return to learn policy?