• April 23, 2024

When a child does not show progress at school level, the first reaction is to think that everything is due to an inability to learn or that the child does not pay attention to the class, but it is never thought to be a vision problem.

The difficulty is that it is not always easy to realize that the child has some vision problem and only after a long road of school complications in some cases you do get to discover the nature of the problem, but in others it can take a long time, even until the sight is completely compromised, before it is attended.

More than a pair of lenses

When discovering the root of the subject, the traditional thing is to comply with the visit to the ophthalmologist, make a visual acuity test and plant the boy glasses, which to some extent may represent a solution, but not definitive because although it is real that This condition by itself is not a cause of poor school performance, it directly affects, because having to make an extra effort to maintain visual function, suffers from fatigue, loss of concentration and attention that impairs their learning.

Lucila Luna Herrer a, author of the book The difficult path of learning in children, Editorial Vergara , explains that "80% of the learning is received by visual route, the vision is so important not only for the learning of the reading-writing, but also in disciplines like the mathematics, sciences, arts and in the sports".

It is important to clarify that because no part of the body works in isolation, at the same time ophthalmological treatment should incorporate a viscocognitive therapy, in order to integrate information acquired through the senses in combination with cognitive skills, in a structure of knowledge that makes sense to the child.

He adds that despite being born with sight, vision is a process that must be learned and trained, this is achieved only when the visual, visuospatial skills-related to the calculation of space and distance-and viscognitive skills are adequately worked on -refers to what is understood by means of sight-, so it is until these aspects are attended to, that there may be a rebound in the child's learning.

Cognitive therapy not only aims to modify the way the eyes work, it also works with all the senses in a coordinated way and thanks to this a connection is achieved between the eyes, the mind and the body, this is how it is corrected not only visual perception, but also attention, memory and cognitive abilities, which are linked in turn with reasoning and language.

If the results of your child's school are not expected by him and you, before reprimanding him, it is advisable to have a very complete medical check-up, as well as talk to him to know his feelings and if there is something that he has noticed in his hearing or in its performance, to help facilitate the detection of your problem.

Regardless of these measures, the support and communication you have with him will give you the assurance that the love you have for him is not conditioned to a qualification but that your main concern is his well-being. "Prudence empowers words" Bojorge@teleton.org.mx

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