Seeing the Light: How light and vision affect human development

Are you a therapist, a teacher, or a parent of children with a diagnosis affecting development? This could be ADHD, autism, prematurity, a genetic syndrome, sensory processing disorder, or cerebral palsy. The children may not even have a diagnosis. Their behaviors may be wildly different, from hand flapping to looking right through you. In new places, they may be immobilized by anxiety or sprint away with pupils dilated. They may struggle with visual attention or become fixated on the iPAD. Even their movement could differ from constantly bouncing around a room to being clumsy or spastic. All of these behaviors and difficulties are influenced somewhat by how light is processed in the brain. Children have a reason for what they do. Find the reason, you can help the problem.This book was written by two pediatric therapists, an occupational therapist and a physical therapist with over 50 years of combined experience to help parents and therapists. It describes a holistic view of why their children act and play the way they do. Case studies are used to describe their integrative approaches to helping their clients calm, function, and develop.Using light, movement, and choosing specific therapy techniques as dictated by the child’s behaviors, they saw their clients attend to language, gain new motor skills, play, develop bowel and bladder control, and improve academically.This book will give you the insight to observe your child with new eyes. You will have a better understanding of how your child’s visual experience of the world affects him. But Wait!Even adults with developmental disabilities can make changes. An adult who has toe walked since a toddler can begin walking with heels down. An adult with debilitating anxiety can learn to function outside the home with the correct assistance. An autistic teenager who compulsively tosses things can stop. Hand flapping, sound sensitivity, visual attention, and bladder control can and have all improved because of these gentle holistic approaches. Our bodies and brains can and do change throughout our lives. Read more