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#371 - Are Your Child’s ADHD Symptoms Really a Vision Problem? | Ocular Motor Skills & Daily Life
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Is your child/client constantly skipping words while reading, losing their place on the page, or avoiding reading altogether? These might not be “reading problems”—they could be visual problems.
In this episode, we break down how ocular motor skills—specifically saccades, pursuits, and convergence—are essential for reading success. You’ll learn how these visual skills impact everything from decoding to attention span, and why children with ADHD, sensory processing disorder, or retained primitive reflexes are at higher risk for visual-motor challenges.
LINKS
Relationship Between Ocular Motility and Motor Skills
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11698614/
Primitive Reflex Integration and Reading in the Classroom
https://jneuroscience.com/2023/02/26/primitive-reflex-integration-and-reading-achievement-in-the-classroom/
Statistics of Infants’ Natural Visual Experience
https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2792416
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form - https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/allthingssensorypodcast/
https://harkla.co/
https://www.youtube.com/c/HarklaFamily
https://www.instagram.com/harkla_family/
392 episodes
Manage episode 497398992 series 2525913
Is your child/client constantly skipping words while reading, losing their place on the page, or avoiding reading altogether? These might not be “reading problems”—they could be visual problems.
In this episode, we break down how ocular motor skills—specifically saccades, pursuits, and convergence—are essential for reading success. You’ll learn how these visual skills impact everything from decoding to attention span, and why children with ADHD, sensory processing disorder, or retained primitive reflexes are at higher risk for visual-motor challenges.
LINKS
Relationship Between Ocular Motility and Motor Skills
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11698614/
Primitive Reflex Integration and Reading in the Classroom
https://jneuroscience.com/2023/02/26/primitive-reflex-integration-and-reading-achievement-in-the-classroom/
Statistics of Infants’ Natural Visual Experience
https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2792416
We’d love to answer your questions on the podcast! Fill out this form - https://harkla.typeform.com/to/ItWxQNP3
All Things Sensory Podcast Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/allthingssensorypodcast/
https://harkla.co/
https://www.youtube.com/c/HarklaFamily
https://www.instagram.com/harkla_family/
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