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Check out our new brochure about Vision in the Autism Spectrum! Download the brochure here. Directions for folding brochure:
Read MoreA school vision screening, while a highly useful tool in schools, tends to be limited to testing the student’s eyesight. It provides some information about a student’s ability to read an eye chart that is 20 feet away and it may also have a color vision test, but the simplicity of the test will miss…
Read MoreEvery year, Jesus Shack organizes “Operation: Back to School” for low-income families of Bakersfield in preparation for school. The event provides free backpacks, school supplies, physicals, immunizations, vision screenings and much more. One of our doctors, Dr. Virginie Dang, volunteered and offered her services to these kids, along with several other doctors and volunteers. The…
Read MoreCollege of Optometrists in Vision Development Promotes August is Vision & Learning Month: A Back to School Comprehensive Eye Exam can Catch what School Screenings Miss “One in ten children in America—over 5 million in all—has a vision problem significant enough to impact their ability to learn in school. While the typical school vision screening…
Read MoreCheck out our new brochure about Vision on Cortical Visual Impairment! Download the brochure here. Directions to fold the brochure:
Read MoreOn Tuesday, July 12, 2016, several of our vision therapy staff attended a Vendor Fair at Kern Regional Center. There were over twenty vendor tables set up with information about the various agencies and their services for clients with special needs. In attendance were Vision Therapists Shari Stamps and Teresa Richards as well as our…
Read More“The American Academy of Pediatrics’ policy on children and media is probably best known for two recommendations: to discourage any screen time for children under 2, and to limit screen time to two hours a day for older children.” Technology has transformed our daily lives and has created new questions about screen time for children.…
Read MoreDiagnosing visual problems in children can be a challenge. Children are not usually very vocal about the visual issues they are having, especially if they are young. They might not even realize anything is wrong since the symptoms of visual impairment are less concrete unlike hunger pains or fever. It can be hard for a…
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Read MoreOn Saturday, April 23, 2016 our office staff, Shari Stamps and Rousina Arellano, and several other local agencies had the opportunity to participate and sponsor at Kern Autism Network (KAN)’s 4th Autism Spectrum Seminar. This event took place at The Canyon Hills Church Summit Room with Temple Grandin as one of the guest speakers. The…
Read MoreDr. Penelope S. Suter and staff are proud to serve patients in Bakersfield as well as surrounding communities such as Arvin, Delano, Frazier Park, Lake Isabella, Lamont, Lancaster, Palmdale, Porterville, Shafter, Taft, Tehachapi, Visalia, Wasco, and many more. Our services include, but are not limited to, diagnosis and treatment of vision issues that result in reading, spelling, and other learning deficits, as well as vision dysfunction that results from autism spectrum disorder, brain injury, or other neurological compromise. Treatment may include lenses, prisms, colored filters, vision therapy, and post brain injury vision rehabilitation.