20/20 IS NOT ENOUGHSuccess Stories
Success Stories
Thank You, Dr. Draisin!
Vision Therapy changed my life!
Kamey Snider's Story
In second grade I was having trouble paying attention in school. Most
people thought I was a daydreamer. In elementary school, I was put into
remedial classes and grouped with children who were thought to have
learning disabilities.
I was a hyperactive child and wired constantly. I had
a lot of problems with learning to read and wasn't retaining anything I
had read. It would take my mother and me all night long to do the
easiest homework.
My trouble in school wasn't related to behavioral
problems, as one would think; the problem was with my vision. My mother
took me to the Draisin Vision Center because Dr. Draisin is Charleston
's only Optometrist board certified in children's vision. Through
therapy, we quickly noticed the dramatic improvements. I had therapy a
couple of days a week for seven months at the Draisin Vision Center .
The therapy involved different games designed to coordinate the hands,
feet, and eyes.
Dr. Draisin was very nice and very good with
children. The staff was very dedicated and stood by my side the whole
time with a lot of one-on-one attention. The therapy was all designed
as games to make a kid like me eager to learn.
When my therapy was completed, I was like a different
person. While attending Middleton High School , I was enrolled in advanced level courses. I
went to college at Coastal Carolina and Trident Tech and now, at age
28, I work in the blood bank at Roper Hospital , a job where I always
have to pay attention.
Thank you
Kamey Snider
Josh Spark's Story
When Josh was in kindergarten, his teacher would comment that Josh was
an extremely bright boy, but for some reason he had trouble learning to
read. He had difficulty learning the sounds each letter of the alphabet
made. On the other hand, he could do math at an accelerated rate. He
scored high on the Readiness test given to enter the first grade, as
there was no reading.
Unfortunately, Josh continued to struggle in first
grade with reading. He would miss small words like as, is, and to. The
same problems continued in the second grade. Teachers would continue to
say how bright Josh was and no one could understand why he could not
read. He was doing well in all other ares of schoolwork, especially
math. By the third grade, Josh was extremely frustrated. He became
depressed because of his lack of progress with reading after constant
drilling at school, home, and with tutoring.
After hearing about Dr. Draisin, we set up an
evaluation appointment. During the evaluation it was apparent, even to
us, that Josh had some sort of vision problem. Dr. Draisin explained
that Josh's eyes were working against each other, each eye trying to be
the dominant one. Dr. Draisin felt that Josh could be helped with
Vision Therapy and recommended we place Josh in therapy two times a
week for six months.
After several weeks of therapy, Josh told us that the
letters were no longer moving on the page and that the words were not
continually crossing over each other. His reading began to improve and
Josh began to read road signs and magazines for the first time. By the
end of fourth grade when Josh finished his therapy, his reading began
to improve.
Josh just finished the seventh grade at Moultrie
Middle School with an overall average of 97.4. He made the principals
honor roll through the entire year. He is in the Beta Club and enrolled
in honor classes. Without Vision Therapy, Josh would not be where he is
today. Therapy definitely helped Josh academically, but emotionally it
gave him more confidence. Vision Therapy helped us when all else failed
and we believe that Dr. Draisin's Vision Therapy is a valid treatment
that could help children with similar problems.
Thank You
Sheila Sparks
There's more to healthy vision than 20/20 eyesight!