Vision therapy includes many different kinds of treatments for children with vision problems. Vision therapy is generally offered by optometrists with special training in the care of children. Vision therapy is not offered by all optometrists or by ophthalmologists. Many pediatricians strongly oppose the use of vision therapy. They believe it is not useful and is too expensive.
Eye exercises are almost always part of a vision therapy program.
Optometrists with special training in children's vision and many pediatric ophthalmologists agree that for some vision problems it is worthwhile to try eye exercises to see if vision can be improved. There are hundreds of different types of eye exercises that may be prescribed. Repeatedly focusing on a near object and then a far object. For example, two beads are placed on a string about 6 feet apart. The child focuses on the near bead and then the far bead.