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  • a pleasant surprise…

    So I did it.  I have given up soda for good. That 4 to 5 soda a day habit…..done. Those of you who know me personally probably just fell off your chairs. Sorry about that! Before you run out to sell your stock in Coca Cola though, try to remain upright long enough to continue… Read more

  • where normal hides…

    In my younger days, I despised the word “normal” when used to describe a person.  Over and over I would hear parents, educators, and other professionals alike refer to a person as normal – or even worse, abnormal – and hate the description.  Normal grades, normal learning style, normal development, normal behavior, normal test results… Read more

  • John Ridley Stroop

    In 1935, John Ridley Stroop published an article entitled Studies of interference in serial verbal reactions that includes three different experiments. In his experiments, Stroop administered several variations of the same test for which three different kinds of stimuli were created. In the first one, names of colors appeared in black ink. In the second, names of… Read more

  • Lost in the Language…

    Have you ever reported to your doctor of a patient’s struggle with a particular activity, only to find out the next week that the patient did very well while trying that activity with a different therapist?  Its happened to me so so many times.  While we are always happy for the patient’s success, it’s hard… Read more

  • A little love…

    Recently, during a training session in our office, I had a revelation – how far a little love can go. A little back story: I’ve always been guarded against referring to a patient by their diagnosis (ie. that “8 year old CE” – or “that TBI”). My mantra continually is “patients are people first – who happen to… Read more

  • Turning the Corner…

    My goals when I started working as a Vision Therapist did not include becoming the best. Honestly, I’m not even sure that back then I knew what being “the best” really meant. Truth be told, my early days as a therapist were more about the paycheck than any speck of vocational quality. So much so… Read more