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Why Kids With "Good Eyes" Get Bad Grades and Kids With "Bad Eyes" Get Good Grades

by A.N. Bonde O.D.

97 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #05-2614; ISBN 1-4120-7718-4; US$14.99, C$17.24, EUR12.31, £8.62

A guide for parents, teachers, school nurses, and other professionals working with children with learning problems. How to find the vision care needed to treat the undetected vision problem causing failure.

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The books purpose is to explain why millions of parents can't read a book to their child, and why millions of people work at jobs beneath their potential due to their undetected vision problems.

It explains why "20-20 vision" is a myth and why current vision testing in the schools fails because it identifies only a small percentage of the children who are failing at reading and learning due to their undetected vision problems.

Vision is described by Webster's Dictionary as: the sense of sight, that which is seeing something beautiful; mental image; foresight; imagination. I like better the definition; the process of identifying sights, understanding what the eyes see, and preparing for a response.

These definitions put acuity in its proper place. It is only the beginning of the visual process which results in foresight; imagination; a much greater whole.

Much of the vision care field bases its testing and therapy on the camera model of the eye and thus tests acuity at 20 feet, identifies "eye defects" that result in lowered clarity and then compensates for the defects (not correct them) with lenses. This has been the basis of vision care since the beginning of the profession.

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About the Author

Born August 2, 1935 in Emmett, Idaho. Graduated from College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho in 1957, B.S. in Zoology. Graduated from Pacific University College of Optometry, Forest Grove, Oregon in 1960, Doctor of Optometry.

Started private practice in Rupert, Idaho in 1960 and practiced there until 1977. Moved to Caldwell, Idaho into a group practice. Started or acquired 5 practices in that area until 1981 when I sold them and left Optometry to pursue an opportunity in real estate.

Elected president of the Idaho Optometric Association in 1974. Youngest president elected until that time. Secretary of the Idaho Board of Examiners for 7 years. Appointed to a committee on "vision and its relationship to academic achievement" in 1976 by Governor Cecil Andrus.

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