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Stephanie

Behavioural Optomotrists Sensory Issues

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I posted on here a couple of months back about my son toe walking and I was looking into prism lenses and getting his eyes checked.

 

My son is 7 with HFA and does really well, his sensory problems are becoming less of an issue but he still has problems with walking (walks without heel striking), co-ordination (riding a bike/ball skills/bumps into people accidentally and is generally a bit clumsy. Am I clutching at straws to think Behavioural Optometry might help??

 

I have been looking into getting his eyes checked out by a specialist Optomotrist, I phoned one yesterday to ask about the service they provide, and basically you get a full functional eye test for �185.00 + the cost of any glasses etc. (Here was me thinking it would be free because he's a child!!) Also, it was 50 miles away from where we live.

 

Obviously I am willing to pay it to get him checked if necessary but I wondered if there was anyway we could get this done on the NHS - or even cheaper!!!

 

I would love to hear anyones experiences with similar.

 

Thanks, Stephanie

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Hi, I took my dd last December to an optomotrist for testing with coloured lenses and unfortunately we were told it is not covered by the NHS, we had to pay around �50 for the testing, we haven't gone on to buy her glasses yet so I am unable to tell you the price on those but I would imagine what you have been quoted is about right.

 

Nedgly

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Both of my boys have been assessed by behavioral optometrists.

 

The first one we went to specialised in vision training/therapy. The assessment took a couple of hours and tested every aspect of their visual and auditory systems. They both underwent courses in vision therapy with some good results and had some sound therapy with good results for one, but limited results for the other.

 

A year or so after the above I took them to another optomotrist who specialises in orthoscopic glasses. They were both prescribed coloured lenses. My youngest son refused point blank to wear his ever. My other son wore his for about 18 months but now doesn't want to wear them anymore (possibly because his visual needs have changed... I don't know).

 

IF you want information on either of these two professionals let me know and I can pm you the details. The second one does do the test for coloured lenses on the NHS but you have to travel to Scotland for it.

 

Flora

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