Many parents request resources and names of books to help them to gain a deeper understanding of their children and to appreciate the benefits of vision therapy.
The books listed below are not a recommended reading list, or comprehensive library of all books available on this topic.
This book list is meant to encourage parents to continue to search through the multitude of resources available to them.
Susan R. Barry
Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions
Antonia Orfield
Eyes for Learning: Preventing and Curing Vision-Related Learning Problems
Lynn F. Hellerstein OD FCOVD
See It. Say It. Do It! The Parent's & Teacher's Action Guide to Creating Successful Students & Confident Kids
Lynn J. Horowitz MHS OT
Helping Hyperactive Kids - A Sensory Integration Approach: Techniques and Tips for Parents and Professionals
Donald Getz, O.D. FCOVD
Seeing is Achieving: Improve Your Child's Chances for Success
Melvin Kaplan, O.D. FCOVD
Seeing Through New Eyes Changing Lives of Children with Autism
Brooke Eide, MD, MA and Fernett Eide, MD
The Mislabeled Child
Lindsey Biel, OTR/L & Nancy Peske
Raising a Sensory Smart Child
Hans G. Furth and Harry Wachs, O.D. FCOVD
Thinking Goes To School
Janet Goodrich, Ph.D.
How to Improve Your Child's Eyesight Naturally
Richard Kavner, O.D.
Your Child's Vision
David Cook, O.D. FCOVD
When Your Child Struggles
Carol Stock Kranowitz
The Out-of-Sync Child
Barbara Pheloung
School Floors
Beverly Stokes
Amazing Babies
Sally Goddard Blythe
The Well Balanced Child: Movement and Early Learning
A. Jean Ayres
Sensory Integration and the Child 25th Anniversary Edition, Revised
Temple Grandin, Ph.D.
Thinking in Pictures
Jeffrey Freed
Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your Add Child
Norman Doidge MD
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science