Bright Children With Vision Problems
Can Struggle With Reading!
Even if your child has 20/20 vision, it doesn’t mean that their eyes are working together correctly. This can lead to difficulties in school that are often overlooked.
Stop Nearsightedness from Getting Worse
Nearsightedness is more than an inconvenience. As the eye grows longer over time, the risk of serious eye conditions increases. Myopia management is about protecting your child’s eyes for life — not just making things clearer today.
Advanced Non-Surgical Treatment for Lazy Eye
New research is confirming what we have known for years; thanks to optometric vision therapy, it is never too late to treat a lazy eye!
Vision and Concussion
Vision involves more than seeing 20/20.
Eyesight occurs in your eyes, but vision occurs in your brain where the visual image is processed. Over half of your brain is used for vision and visual processing. If you suffered a concussion, vision can be significantly affected.
Dr. Laura Vasilakos, OD, FOVDR
Fellowship-trained developmental optometrist, board certified in vision therapy & rehabilitation
Specialized Vision Solutions For the Entire Family
At Family Eyecare Solutions, our mission is simple: Vision Solutions for Life. That means caring for your family across every stage of life — from infants to adults. It means finding real solutions, not just stronger prescriptions. And it means building relationships that last, because good vision isn’t a one-time fix. It’s a lifelong investment in how you see the world.
We're out-of-network insurance and we wouldn't have it any other way.
Myopia Control
Ortho-K:
No Surgery, No Glasses, No Daytime Contacts – Just Clarity
Dr. Vasilakos specializes in an innovative, non-surgical therapy that eliminates the need for glasses or daytime contact lenses and slows down the progression of nearsightedness. This process is called orthokeratology or ortho-k.
With Ortho-K, specially designed therapeutic contact lenses reshape the eye while you sleep. The contact lenses are removed in the morning for natural clear vision all day long without glasses, daytime contacts or surgery.
MiSight 1Day:
Soft contact lenses that are easy-to-use for age-appropriate children
Corrects nearsightedness and slows the progression of myopia in children (aged 8-12 at the initiation of treatment) by 59% on average, utilizing special ActivControl® Technology.
- 95– 100% of age-appropriate children said they preferred wearing their MiSight 1 day contact lenses over wearing their glasses.
- Children as young as 8 years were able to handle their lenses confidently soon after initial fitting.
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1 Out of 4 Children Suffer From A Vision Problem
Interfering with their ability to learn and achieve in school!
The ability to see clearly (20/20) is only one part of seeing well. Many people use the terms eyesight and vision interchangeably, but they mean very different things.
Eyesight
Eyesight is how clearly you can see. It’s the eye’s ability to detect detail at different distances.
Focus: clarity (near, far, intermediate)
Measured with: eye chart / acuity testing
Common issues: nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism
A person can have 20/20 eyesight and still experience major visual difficulties.
Vision
Vision is how the eyes and brain work together to interpret and understand what you see.
Focus: eye teaming, tracking, depth perception, visual processing
Measured with: functional vision testing
Common issues: eye misalignment, convergence insufficiency, tracking problems, visual processing disorders, amblyopia, post-concussion visual challenges
Someone may see clearly yet struggle with reading, comprehension, driving, sports, or recovering from a concussion.
Understanding the difference between these two types of exams helps explain why 20/20 eyesight does not always equal comfortable or efficient vision.
Structural Eye Exam (Traditional Optometry and Ophthalmology)
Evaluates eye health and clarity and checks for:
Healthy eye structures
Diseases or physical abnormalities
Need for glasses or contacts
Visual acuity (20/20)
This exam tells you how well your eyes see.
Functional Vision Exam (Developmental / Neuro-Optometry)
Evaluates how the eyes work and how they communicate with the brain and assesses:
Eye tracking
Eye teaming and alignment
Focusing accuracy and stamina
Depth perception
Visual processing skills
Post-concussion visual function
This exam tells you how well your visual system works.
Even if the structural exam is normal, functional problems can make reading, learning, and daily tasks far more difficult.
Vision skills are the abilities that support efficient reading, learning, driving, and sports:
Tracking: following words across a page
Focusing: shifting between distances
Eye teaming: both eyes working together
Processing: understanding and using visual information
Weak vision skills create challenges—even with 20/20 eyesight.
Dr. Laura Vasilakos specializes in identifying and treating functional vision problems in children and adults, including reading difficulties, visual processing issues, and post-concussion vision disorders.
For concerns with reading, learning, sports, or concussion recovery, schedule a comprehensive vision evaluation.