Vesna Pejic
Vision in time of COVID-19
A new meta-analysis in the journal JAMA Pediatrics finds that more overall time on screens each day, regardless of its quality, is linked...
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Vesna Pejic
Oct 18, 20193 min read
Concussion: Visual Link to Recovery as seen from Parents
Have you or has your child suffered from a concussion? Did you know that concussions can have a severe impact on vision? We would like to...
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Vesna Pejic
Jan 3, 20183 min read
My impression as a Psychologist Intern
Like with most therapies, since results are not instantaneous as with physical cures, it is understandable that parents have doubts and...
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Vesna Pejic
Dec 12, 20172 min read
Screen Time - Not All The Time!
How long should I or my child spend in front of the screen? This is a question that parents often ask when they see me at Orthovision. At...
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Vesna Pejic
Aug 28, 20175 min read
Studying: are printed books better than digital books?
I really appreciate my children's school's effort to ease the burden of carrying books to and fro. So now, my kids have most of the...
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Vesna Pejic
Aug 28, 20171 min read
A testimonial about INPP
Miguel - Vision and Retained Reflexes 'After the teachers voiced concerns about my son's physical and psychological development, we...
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Vesna Pejic
Jun 20, 20171 min read
TED Talks & ADHD
We have just finished watching the very inspiring talk on TEDxCMU by Stephen Tonti: ADHD As A Difference In Cognition, Not A Disorder...
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Vesna Pejic
Jun 13, 20178 min read
Influence of diet on ADHD
We all know how important a good diet is for all of us. A few weeks ago we wrote about the importance of the Omega-3 Fatty Acids and now...
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Vesna Pejic
Jun 6, 20172 min read
Better Handwriting Thanks to Stress Balls?!
Messy handwriting can be contributed to many factors: Decreased hand strength, visual motor difficulty, motor planning issues, visual...
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Vesna Pejic
May 22, 20171 min read
The words are moving in different directions when I'm reading
That is what a boy said during the assessment of his functional vision at Orthovision. He said that this was making him tired and he...
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Vesna Pejic
Mar 13, 20172 min read
So happy when you are happy!
We just received a lovely feedback from one of our clients today and are delighted to share it with you. It always makes us very proud...
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Vesna Pejic
Mar 9, 20171 min read
The Association between Near Work Activities and Myopia in Children—A Systematic Review and Meta-Ana
This is an amazing study on near work and myopia. In this study, many publications from 1989 to 2014 on the relationship between myopia...
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Vesna Pejic
Mar 3, 20172 min read
Mummy, this is how I was seeing faces
This is the story about a girl who came to me with a very bad out-drift (divergent strabismus) of her left eye. At the first visit she...
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Vesna Pejic
Feb 27, 20174 min read
What too much screen time does to the eyes
We just read this article on CBS News. It was originally published in August 2015 but hast not lost any of its relevance - in the...
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Vesna Pejic
Feb 17, 20171 min read
Why is your child closing one eye?
Some parents find it cute when their child closes one eye. Very often that is not as cute as parents think, as it could be a symptom of...
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Vesna Pejic
Nov 9, 20161 min read
What are the primitive reflexes and why do we need them?
Everyone is born with a set of primitive reflexes in order to go through the early years of life, particularly the first year. Primitive...
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Vesna Pejic
Aug 13, 20161 min read
Brain Plasticity & Perceptual Learning
Perceptual learning or using our senses to learn about the world around us. It is usually taken for granted that everyone perceives...
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Vesna Pejic
Aug 6, 20162 min read
School via Computer - the way forward?
If you have read through the older Blogs you know how critical I am towards too much screen-time. However, I think it is also high time...
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Vesna Pejic
Jul 16, 20162 min read
Visual Stressors - Keep an eye out for them
Today, we want to give you some guidelines on which situations that make it difficult for your eyes to perform you should try to avoid....
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Vesna Pejic
Jul 2, 20165 min read
Go Outdoors To Avoid Myopia
Below you can find an extract of an article published in June 2015 in the Straits Times about the importance of outdoor playtime. It has...
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