Preface
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Difference Between Vision and Eyesight
Chapter 2: What Are Vision-Related Learning Problems?
Chapter 3: Why Haven’t I Heard About This Before?
Chapter 4: “…but I was told this is a bunch of hooey!”
Chapter 5: Sensory Overload – Plugged In, Overworked, and
Overwhelmed
Chapter 6: Changing Lives – Making a World of Difference
Chapter 7: Their Future, Our Future
Chapter 8: A Vision for Learning
A Special Note to Parents and Teachers
Epilogue
Afterword
Appendix I
Appendix II
Acknowledgments
Resources
References
Author Bio
Index
Wendy Beth Rosen is an education consultant specializing in vision-related learning problems, metacognition, and environmental education. A certified early childhood and elementary teacher with extensive classroom experience, she has also taught in experiential educational settings as a nature specialist, a marine field instructor, and an educational farmer.
The symptoms of many vision problems can mimic disorders such as
dyslexia and ADHD. As Rosen, a mom and a teacher, capably explains,
that’s one reason why it’s a big deal if eyesight issues go
undetected. She learned this fact when she found out that her own
daughter fell below grade level in written expression. It turns out
that she had a previously undiagnosed condition that caused her to
see double, which made it difficult for her to track lines of print
on a page.... This well-presented, scholarly effort is rich in
information, and parents and teachers of children with disabilities
will find it useful.
*Booklist*
Seeing is not always believing–or understanding–especially for
youngsters ... Vision–not just eyesight, but vision–is so critical
to learning that it impacts a child's academic success in very
significant ways. There are untold numbers of youngsters struggling
with their learning because their visual skills are not functioning
properly. And too often, these youngsters are not diagnosed,
they're misdiagnosed, or they are shunted to the side and labeled.
Ms. Rosen ... has authored a groundbreaking, eye-opening book about
this little-known learning and behavioral problem. In The Hidden
LInk Between Vision and Learning: Why Millions of Learning-Disabled
Children are Misdiagnosed Ms. Rosen takes a very complex subject
and clarifies it for the lay person, bringing to light the issue
through her assiduous research and her own experience as a mother
to a youngster who overcame vision-related learning problems.
*The Jewish Standard*
Bravo Wendy Rosen! Her book, The Hidden Link Between Vision and
Learning, is going to help many children get the help they need.
The book takes the reader (hopefully parents and teachers of
children who are struggling in school) through a logical
progression in understanding the relationship between vision and
learning.... Thank you Wendy Rosen, for encouraging so many to get
involved and reminding us why it is important and how much is
at stake.
*Mindsight, the COVD Blog*
In The Hidden Link Between Vision and Learning, Wendy Beth Rosen
has made an important addition to the ongoing effort to get
America’s children the vision care they need. The importance of
this effort cannot be understated: If a child is not able to see to
read, that child will not be successful in school and in life.
Vision comes before learning.... Read this book, rejoice in its
clarity, and give it to all the teachers and parents and school
administrators and pediatricians and politicians you can
buttonhole. We – as a country, as parents, and as educational and
medical practitioners of all kinds – can fix this problem, just as
soon as we acknowledge its existence.
*Vision Development & Rehabilitation*
[W]e are [big fans] of Wendy Beth Rosen’s new book.... It’s almost
as if everything we’ve ever wanted a non-optometrist to write about
vision and learning is encapsulated here.... [Y]ou must read this
book cover to cover.... I can’t imagine a more authoritative
looking book, with such well-researched content, that you could
possibly give anyone to enlighten them about or provide
reinforcement about what you do.
*The VisionHelp Blog*
Please consider reading [The Hidden Link Between Vision and
Learning] or pass it on to someone if you suspect there is a vision
and learning related struggle. This book is an easy read and filled
with a bunch of great information!
*Dynamic Center for Vision Therapy*
Wendy Rosen’s book, The Hidden Link Between Vision and Learning, is
more than a book. It’s part of a relentless quest to educate
and ultimately open eyes to an issue with far-reaching societal
implications. Wendy Rosen has the fire.
*The Vision Therapy Center*
Wendy Beth Rosen has brought together an impressive amount of
information pointing to the importance of early comprehensive
visual testing and therapy that will impact the lives of so many
children, families, the educational system, and even the national
economy. This is a must read for parents, educators, health
professionals, lawmakers and anyone committed to a better future
through our children.
*Carla Hannaford, PhD, biologist, author, and international
consultant*
Vision is so much more than seeing, as we learn in this highly
informative and provocative book. In understanding the role
of vision in the reading process, the whole child must be taken
into consideration, and developmentally appropriate
practice must guide it. Reading is more than decoding
words. This book is a must-read for all early childhood
educators.
*Marcy Guddemi, PhD, executive director, Gesell Institute of Child
Development, New Haven, CT*
This is a book that should be read by every school psychologist,
clinician, pediatrician, and all other professionals working with
children in a diagnostic or therapeutic capacity. You will learn,
as I did, that there is much more to vision than meets the eye, and
that we must understand far more than visual acuity if we are to
understand how children are functioning. Until these conditions are
recognized and addressed, we will continue to err in the labeling
and treatment of many childhood problems. This book will open your
eyes to your eyes, and to those of your children.
*Maurice J. Elias, PhD, professor of clinical psychology, Rutgers
University, author of “The Other Side of the Report Card: Assessing
Students' Social, Emotional, and Character Development”*
Wendy Beth Rosen has written a fascinating and important book on a
topic too often overlooked: the connection between vision and
learning. I certainly didn’t know that there is a difference
between vision and eyesight, that there’s more to vision than
20/20, or that millions of children struggle in school due to
undiagnosed vision problems. Parents and teachers alike need to
read this eye-opening book!
*Rae Pica, author, “What If Everybody Understood Child
Development?”*
When Wendy Rosen couldn’t figure out why her bright, eager-to-learn
daughter was struggling in elementary school, she set out to find
answers. And find them she did: in a little-diagnosed and
little-understood vision-related learning problem that affects an
untold number of other children as well. In The Hidden Link Between
Vision and Learning, Rosen brings her parental love and
determination, as well as her teacher knowledge and experience, to
the lucky ones who will benefit from her research, her stories, and
her advice.
*Sara Bennett, co-author, “The Case Against Homework”, founder,
Stop Homework.*
This book is a terrific introduction to children's vision. It
considers vision and visual problems much more fully than is
customary, and in a way that parents and educators can
easily understand. Moreover, it discusses vision as it occurs
in the whole child--a living, breathing, thinking,
feeling child who is coping with the real world. As
such, the book makes a valuable contribution to the child
development literature.
*William Crain, Professor of Psychology, The City College of New
York, and author of Theories of Development: Concepts and
Applications*
Written by an education consultant, this marvelous book offers
unique insights on why the association between vision and learning
has remained hidden. More than a commentary on a system that has
failed our children, Ms. Rosen’s diligent research and accessible
prose will benefit countless numbers of parents and educators.
*Leonard J. Press, O.D., FAAO, FCOVD, optometric director, The
Vision & Learning Center*
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