What I like about vision therapy is I like my teacher miss. Kathy. I like that she's funny. I also like that Dr. O'Conner does sword fighting with me. I like going in early even though I miss the first 15 minutes of school on Wednesday. Vision therapy has helped...
- Hudson
We were at a loss of what to do to help our son, who greatly stuffles with reading and doing homework. My husband and I attended an open-house to learn more about the program and decided to sign him up immediately after. He has been working with Ms. Kris, and has made...
- Jillian Hemming
Samantha: I've found vision therapy has helped me a lot. Up close objects are not blurry anymore. In soccer it's a lot easier to keep my eye on the ball. I've become a way better reader. I used to lose my spot and my eyes would wander off. Now, it's...
- Samantha's Parents
Joshua started tying his shoes two weeks into his therapy! He is happy to do the activities at therapy with his therapist. The therapist are always joyful and help Josh's confidence....
- Lenora Kohorst
Before I did Vision Therapy, I did not like reading at all. It used to hurt my head when I read. Sometimes the letters would move around. It made me feel really mad. The first time I went to Vision Therapy it was fun because I went to the disco room....
- Ava Delaney
Vision Therapy has the best doctors. It was a lot of hard work, but it was fun and worth all of the work. It has helped me so much with my reading, writing, and sports. I love reading my family books and being able to focus on family games. I'm...
- Gretchen Case
My dad's friend came over one day. She asked me to read and said" "there's something wrong with your eyes". So, a month later, we went to an eye doctor. They put me in Vision Therapy. I hated reading so much because it's hard for me, but when I was...
- Lauren
After years of occupational and physical therapies with little progress, it was finally Theo's occupational therapist (who was new to us) that picked up on his vision disorder. Admittedly, as a mom and pediatric nurse practitioner, I knew nothing about binocular vision dysfunction. I was skeptical at first: why didn't...
- Julie Napor - Theo's Mom
Our journey through Vision Therapy has been nothing short of life changing for both Connor and our family. As an educator, I knew he was not performing to his abilities in academics and athletics. He often became inappropriately frustrated and angry. We got him academic support, OT, and worked with...
- Michelle Franks, Connor's Mom
Emerson has gained confidence reading in the classroom setting. He is on his way to catching up with his peers. Reading still isn't his favourite thing to do, but he isn't as resistant. Since joining Vision Therapy, Emerson has joined a travel basketball league. Something he would never had the confidence to do before....
- Emerson's Mom
Our son Gavin is 9 years old and started therapy in September 2022. Before he started therapy, he was severely dyslexic, couldn't write his name, use a button or zipper, and snap or catch a ball. His therapist, Miss Jenn, was amazing and so was Dr. O'Connor and Dr. Alyssa....
- D. Hoover - Gavin's Mom
I write better. I am learning cursive. I am reading better. I enjoyed making my own books. I write the stories and draw the pictures. Thank Kathy and Dr. for helping me....
- Benedict
Vivian has had a beautiful experience in vision therapy for the past 6 months. She looked forward to coming to every session with enthusiasm and excitement! Vivian's biggest improvement is where she needed it most, her reading! She used to get extremely frustrated when trying to focus on her...
- The Kreutzer Family
When Robbie was born, I called him my sunshine boy. He was always so happy and excited to see everyone. When he started preschool, though, I noticed that he was having severe headaches and his behavior was changing. He began acting out when he had to do reading or math...
- Linda Franke
I am very pleased with the improvements I have noticed with attention span, paperwork, and work endurance. The best change of all has been relief from headaches and persistent light sensitivity. I could not even believe it when I was suddenly able to drive without wearing sunglasses! I just love all...
- Mariah Greiner
Lorenzo has grown so much in the time we have been visiting Vision Development of WNY and working with Ms. Jen! Lorenzo's teacher at school noticed he was having trouble copying from the board, losing his place while writing, and focusing. After working with Ms. Jen and Dr. Alyssa, Lorenzo has...
- Lorenzo's Mom
James asked us to help him with his success story. He is very proud of his reading abilities, which he did not like to share with anyone before vision therapy. Since starting here, James reads out loud for people to hear. We have noticed that changes in routine are now...
When Josiah began therapy he was in 2nd grade and he was struggling with writing, reading, focusing on what was being taught, eye contact, and socially appropriate behavior. The biggest change we saw almost immediately was the improvement in his attention and ability to focus. As the months went on, we saw...
- C Jentz
Prior to Vision Therapy, Jackson struggled in school, especially with Reading. His fluency was slow, and he would often skip words and lines. As he progressed through therapy, the changes in his reading became clearer and clearer. He no longer regularly skips over words. He doesn't struggle to follow a...
- Jennifer Coppola
Our household experienced a huge energetic shift prior to vision development, our son experienced a ton of frustration around homework and would often be emotional after school. He always struggled with reading and had support teachers at school, but we really started noticing it more in third grade. More math required additional reading and...
- J.G. Davis
Andy has had so many improvements since completing vision therapy. He was stuck at a reading level F, after finishing therapy he jumped two levels. He was not on target to meet his reading IEP goal, and now he is going to meet it early. His ability to identify...
- Andrew Tangel
When Tyler started Therapy he struggled with reading. Writing, sitting still and focusing on What was being taught or he was supposed to be working on. He didn't like anything about reading and avoided it as much as he could. When he started 3rd grade he was two grade...
- Tyler Lang
Learning has never been easy or fun for our son, Riley. He struggles with dyslexia and has always hated reading (other than a handful of graphic novels). Over the past couple of years, we have noted that Riley would rub his eyes excessively after trying to read even a few...
- Riley Gingerich
I suffered a TBI e the age of 51 and later on developed headaches, felt like my eyes were on fire, fell down the stairs frequently, and had problems diving mostly related to poor depth perception and skewed peripheral vision. I was referred by my bass and belove me I...
- Cheryl Putnam
At the start of therapy, Nicholas Steuggled with. Completing task, motion sickness, losing his place while reading, mixing letters and would be easily frustrated while comdeting assignments. During the first few sessions of light therapy Nicholas no longer suffered from motion sickness. Over time I saw a significant improvement in...
- Nicholas Scott
Vision Therapy was fun, sometimes hard work. After starting vision therapy Math has become easier. I can line up my numbers better. I also have been able to build my legos for longer and with less help. I also have been reversing my letters less and that makes me feel...
- Sean Tomsic
I was born with poor vision in my left eye Dr. Dick O’Connor gave me to contact after wearing glasses. I then started Vision Therapy because my brain was not working with my left eye. Before therapy, I could not read well or understand stories. My depth perception was not...
- Kasen Hill
Dear Doctor O'Connor and Ms. Kathy, Thank you for being kind every time I walked in, you really helped to make it fun. Well, you were helping my eyes with some of my favorite things. I did was Vivid Visions, my favorite games are breaker and earn your bouncer and...
- Liam
When Sarah started kindergarten, she was keeping up academically, but struggling with completing assignments in a timely fashion. And staying on task. She also struggled with social skills like making eye contact and often prefer to play independently instead of with friends. Additionally, she struggled with some coordination activities like...
Reid has had a wonderful experience through VT with both Miss Kathy and Dr. Alyssa. We live about an hour and ½ away so this was a HUGE commitment to travel 2x’s /week for 1 month (we tried to do it on our own w/ just light therapy and home...
- M. Smith
Thank You Dr. O and Miss Kathy for helping me learn how to read. Now I have going to school. Love, Vinny —- Dr. O’Connor – Miss Kathy; We can’t thank you enough for all of your hard work with Vincent. After our very first appointment with Dr. O, I...
- Vinny, Tim & Jenna
When I first came into the office I as struggling with headaches, constant pain, and lights and computer screens impacted me. When I started therapy I didn’t know if it was going to work, but writing this success story it did! I liked how therapy was a session and the...
- Leah
We are so thankful for everyone that Vision development from Dr. O’Connor to Miss Kathy to Miss Kelly. Each and every person you interact with is helpful and kind. We are astounded by Megan’s results here and are excited for her future! When her 2020 sophomore school year began, Megan...
- Megan
I had trouble reading and writing. When I would read the words on the page would swim around and they would also get blurry and I hated reading. When I would write my hand would hurt and my writing was messy and sloppy and my writing was really big. After...
- Ella N.
Vision Therapy has been such a blessing! For about eleven years I have had daily chronic migraines, eyestrain, and comprehension trouble. I was constantly debilitated by the pain and was embarrassed I felt slow or behind. After I received an eye exam Dr. O’Connor thoroughly explained some key issues and...
- Madelyn
Emma Golembieski started off sad and confused. She didn't understand why she couldn't keep up with her classmates. Emma has always tried her best and would work extra hard at everything she did. Emma never gives up. Our hearts broke for her always struggling to keep up. When Emma had...
- Amanda
Vision therapy has helped Kadee with her reading and writing. Before therapy Kadee would look at her work and think “is this right? Did I read that right? Did I write the correct words?” Kadee did not have confidence to read aloud or share her work, not even to her...
- Emily
Salvatore, who is currently 15 years old and a Sophomore in High school, has been placed in AIS math and English since Kindergarten. I felt the school was not helping him advance and wanted him evaluated for a learning disability. Every test came back normal. However, in freshman year Sal...
- Salvatore
Thank you so much for your time you spent on me. Thank you for how fun you were to be around. I am sad that I have to end vision (therapy), but I am excited to start a new vision life on my own. Thank you. With love, Olivia....
- Olivia
Dear Dr. O’Connor, Kathy and friends, My son Josiah went through Optometric Vision Therapy to potentially help him with reading and overall comprehension. When we began therapy, we were skeptical but, short of medicine, didn’t know what else to try. During three years o homeschooling we tried different techniques to...
- Stephanie
Willem was having trouble copying from the board and copying from text. He was also skipping words and sentences (sometimes even paragraphs) when reading. He didn’t seem to have much self-esteem or confidence. He put forth his best effort but reading and writing were always so challenging for him. He...
- Willem
Sam has suffered from chronic migraines for at least 3 years. After going down all sorts of treatment avenues, Dr. O’Connor was recommended to us by various people. We put off taking Sam to see Dr. O’Connor because a previous optometrist found nothing wrong with Sam’s eyes. Though Sam had...
- Sam
My daughter is in the middle of treatment with Dr. O'Connor and his team. I need comment about two things very specifically. First and foremost the customer service provided by the team are amazing. I have had a couple questions about my unique billing arrangement ( Christian Sharing Ministry and...
- Ed B. - Google
