James Smith

It seems like just last week that I received the phone call in Las Vegas telling me I had passed my COVT certification. I remember the overwhelming sense of relief, the joy of turning to my wife and telling her I had made it. But that moment wasn't 'just last week'—it was more than 10 years ago. Now, in 2025, I've received a gentle reminder that it's time for Maintenance of Certification.

Lilly hated reading so much she hid under her desk to avoid it—until vision therapy changed everything. For Children’s Vision and Learning Month, her story reminds us: many kids struggle not because they can’t learn, but because their eyes and brain aren’t working together.

ADHD isn’t a VT obstacle—it’s a different operating system. Hack it with vestibular play, storytelling, and metronomes. Written by a therapist who’s been ‘that patient’.