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Dr. Ruggiero Speaks to Special Educators About the Critical Link Between Vision and Learning

T Ruggiero 4In recognition of National Children’s Vision and Learning month, Dr. Ruggiero was invited to give a full-day professional development workshop to special educators in Springfield, Massachusetts. The goal of the workshop was to give educators a deeper understanding of the role vision plays in the learning process, along with the prevalence of vision disorders and their correlation with misdiagnoses of ADHD and learning difficulties.

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The presentation, titled “Vision and Learning,” began with a lecture and theory component in the morning and concluded with an afternoon of interactive workshops where participants were able to try various vision therapy activities and equipment. Thirty-five educators attended the event, which included occupational therapists, physical therapists and teachers of visually-impaired students. “They were a great group and asked a lot of questions,” Dr. Ruggiero said. “It was an exhausting day, but I loved it!”

TRuggiero photo2Every participant left with a copy of the manual Dr. Ruggiero prepared for the event, titled, “An Educator’s Guide to Visual Readiness.” The manual serves as a valuable resource for educators in learning to recognize the signs of learning-related vision problems, creating a daily classroom visual readiness sequence, structuring a visually sound classroom and minimizing visual stress from electronic media.

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