<p>momsdream, hi from another '05 mom... My littlest (10) had the same sort of vision problem and vision therapy worked wonders for him. There are other symptoms: headaches, eye rubbing, tiredness after reading, using a finger to keep place as the child reads, skipping words or lines when reading aloud, car sickness, and a whole bunch of others.</p>
<p>momsdream, nice to see you name again! Because of our multiple connections to art, art history and museums I followed your son's decision making process with interest. Museums always need lawyers. In fact directorships are now more likely to go to people with a administrative or professional backgrounds rather than PhDs. My son had a good experience at Williams and is now working for an architectural firm. Eventually he'll get a graduate degree, presumably in architecture, but museum work or even law still appeal.</p>
<p>Talk about old home week! Hi momsdream.</p>
<p>It is good to hear that your son is doing well at Penn. It seems like yesterday you were posting about having having to drive back to get the calculator for the SAT exam and sharing your thanksgiving recipies in the cafe. I am glad that you posted to show that yes, students can attend college in their home town and still have their independence.
My D is starting her senior year at Dartmouth and all I can say is my how the time goes by so fast.</p>
<p>You have been missed,so I hope if you have the time that you drop in on us more often.</p>
<p>HI, a friend's 15 year old D has struggled with reading problems all through her school years. The eye Dr. said her vision was fine but the parents had read a similiar article (as above) and took her to a specialist who diagnosed the problem as a sort of brain/eye control problem (or something like that. I didn't understand it exactly). Anyway, the girl has gotten bifocal glasses to help her focus and is going to eye therapy twice a week. Her Dad was so happy to tell us that she picked up a novel and read the whole thing (while on vacation at the beach) for the first time ever last month. The family is so relieved and their beautiful D does not mind the bifocal glasses at all because it has made her school life so much easier. Good luck to you in finding the answer for your D.</p>
<p>momsdream,</p>
<p>Glad to hear that you son is doing well academically, and that he has a nice gf and circle of friends. He seems to be a thoughtful person, and perhaps is not so very interested in having scores of casual friends. </p>
<p>All the best to your D - a friend's son is struggling with reading and it is very hard. Is it easier for her to read out loud - uses a slightly different pathway? Wouldn't help at school, of course, but might make things more fun at home if she could read to you. </p>
<p>My son is also going into his 3rd year - he is at UChicago, and is an RA this year. He batch of 1st years just arrived this morning for the first day of orientation - so I imagine that he is very busy just now. He is still majoring in chemistry, but is not sure of future plans as yet.</p>
<p>Good to hear from you again, and best wishes for you and all of yours!</p>
<p>momsdream--thanks for posting the update!</p>
<p>My oldest son likes to write agonizing emails and post them to me--whereupon I knash my teeth for a few days. Nine times out of ten, by the time I catch up with him on the phone, he's completely forgotten his agony and totally engaged in some wonderful activity.</p>
<p>Perhaps you and I should purchase magical salt shakers for these 'under-stated' boys?</p>
<p>sidenote: My son is enjoying his internship at the African Studies center. He has been blown away by the quality of interns serving there. Does Penn have anything similar?</p>
<p>Hi! This is a nice thread, but since I'm not an old timer I can't really come to the tea party, but it's nice to hear so much is going well for so many of you.</p>
<p>I hope I am not butting in, but I have extensive experience with a vision problem. D went into a pioneer program that did not involve the opthalmologist; instead the test and therapy was administered by a therapist trained in vision therapy. Many perameters were checked that involved tracking and many other physical tasks that I can't quite remember. D had 38 training sessions, three a week. We were lucky because it was covered by insurance, though I would have elected the program even if I'd had to pay out of pocket. Although a good friend who is an educator was certain I was being rooked, D improved so dramatically she was hardly the same person. Before that (she was younger than your D) she used to burst into tears at most visual tasks. She recently completed reading ANNA KARENINA out of choice.</p>
<p>Friends were sure that the program was such a rip-off that they would diagnose anyone with visual problems. When S had problems we took him,. but no luck. They said his visual skills were actually above age level. He has ADD.</p>