On this page, some of our parents kindly share their stories of how vision therapy made a difference in their child's life.
This is a note of congratulations, thanks and recommendation to Eastside Family Vision Care.
Our son Drew, for over a year now has had tremendous experience with Eastside Family Vision. The process and therapy we have gone through with EFVC has helped Drew significantly improve his learning capabilities in school and given him confidence he did not previously have. All of this translated into more confidence and better achievement in school as well as other areas of his life. If you are reading this and you, your family or anyone you know is considering vision therapy, my wife Jan and I would highly recommend Dr. Gabrielle, Kelli and the staff at EFVC.
Solutions to a child’s (or anyone’s) learning challenges can be a complex maze to try and figure out. Whether it be an easily identified mainstream challenge, or a more sophisticated and subtle combination of different challenges, learning challenges and disabilities can be very difficult to identify solutions for. And so, for a long time, we were searching for solutions to the learning challenges our Drew is having. While we had partial and intermittent success in trying other things, vision therapy turned out to be a long term, permanent solution we could rely on in advancing through Drew’s learning challenges. We tried different vision therapy clinics until we came across Eastside Family Vision Care, and once we met and experienced Dr. Gabrielle, Kelli and the staff there, we never went anywhere else.
It’s rare to find a Doctor and staff in any discipline with both the preferred ‘bedside manner’ as well as technical expertise that EFVC has. And all this coupled with a focus and priority on keeping the patient's best interest in mind.
Thanks again to Dr. Gabrielle, Kelli and staff for their support and personalized attention and success with helping Drew.
Regards,
Tim and Jan N
Bothell, WA.
Dr. Gabrielle,
We want to sincerely thank you for all your time and energy and the tremendous amount of help that you’ve given Hope.
On many occasions you did more than vision therapy, although that in itself was amazing. You’ve sowed patience, effort, joy and fun into Hope and myself.
We are truly grateful. Hope has come so far with your time and therapy.
Thank you!
Sonny
Dear Dr. Gabrielle,
I wanted to write to say thank you, thank you!
My daughter Ashley is a new person after completing 11 months of vision therapy with you. She has gone from "below grade level" on her report cards to "at grade level" and "above grade level".
She scored above average on the WASL test for math, has been removed from all her extra pullout classes, no longer has an IEP at school and is finally making good grades on classroom assignments. Ashley enjoys reading every night and can read for a long period of time instead of being tired and shutting down after only 5 minutes of reading prior to vision therapy.
Please feel free to share my story (and Ashley's) with any of your patients and let them know there is hope!!
It was brought to my attention in Kindergarten that something wasn't quite "right" with Ashley and she was struggling with reading and writing and learning the basics. Her teacher felt that she could be dyslexic. I knew my daughter was extremely smart so this was very frustrating for me to see how she struggled with learning.
I had her vision checked with a pediatric eye doctor and was told all was fine. I then had a battery of psychological testing done on Ashley and the psychologist said "she has ADHD, you need to medicate her." I wasn't prepared to do that so we got extra help for her. She completed the Headsprout computer program in first grade, we tried Kumon Math and Reading, she did the Hooked on Phonics program, and then we hired a tutor who came to our house two times a week for three years. We were making NO progress! I was at my wits end and desperate so I told her doctor that I would try the ADHD medicine. It didn't work at all.
One day, I was talking to a friend of mine whose son had very similar problems as Ashley and she told me that it was discovered her son had significant visual perception problems that had not been caught in a regular eye exam.
She highly recommended Dr. Neena Gabrielle so I thought I would give her a try. A very thorough exam by Dr. Gabrielle revealed all kinds of problems!! Ashley needed glasses (bifocals even) and had severe problems with tracking, focusing and letter/number reversals.
I was so excited to hear this!!! I finally had an answer to all the problems; now I needed the fix! Vision therapy was the answer. Ashley attended weekly vision therapy appointments and did her "homework" the other 6 days. All of Ashley's hard work paid off and the six month check already showed remarkable improvement.
Now, one year later, Ashley is a "regular" student who no longer struggles with reading and keeping focused in school.
Sincerely,
Kim M.