Vision Therapy Singapore

31/07/2025

Do you know? Dr Yap Tiong Peng is one of the few eyecare providers in Singapore who completed the ARVO Science Communication Training Fellowship. He achieved this in 2020. ARVO stands for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Find out more here: https://www.arvo.org/education/science-communication-training-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2020/

06/07/2025

Congratulations to Dr Yap Tiong Peng for being awarded the Reviewer of the Month (2025) by Translational Pediatrics.

Here’s another accolade awarded to Dr Yap Tiong Peng which puts IGARD Centre Vision Therapy Singapore again in the spotlight globally!!!! As part of his continual contribution within the healthcare community in eye care and pediatrics, Dr Yap has been selected as the Reviewer of the Month (2025) by Translational Pediatrics, one of the world’s leading open access journals covering all aspects of pediatrics research.

Read more about this here: https://tp.amegroups.org/post/view/reviewer-of-the-month-2025

06/07/2025

Dr Yap Tiong Peng is featured on the Expat Living City Guide July 2025

03/07/2025

We are featured on the ExpatLiving City Guide 2025! On the topic on children eye care, the writer interviewed Dr Yap Tiong Peng - Singapore Vision Therapy and Orthokeratology Treatment IGARD Centre Paediatric Optometry by Igard Group Singapore

Wor­ried about your child’s eye­sight? IGARD Singa­pore is a name to have on your radar. The first vis­ion ther­apy pro­vider in Singa­pore, this spe­cial­ist eye clinic offers vis­ion ther­apy and rehab­il­it­a­tion for kids with myopia, visual...

08/06/2025

Wear glasses and have vision therapy

08/06/2025

“Visual processing delay often overlooked as a reading challenge”

Learning to read is not easy, but it is made more difficult for a child who cannot see the words and letters on the page correctly.Read full story here: http...

05/06/2025

Dr Yap Tiong Peng presented on his latest research on public health interventions to combat childhood myopia at the 2025 International Myopia Summit. Organised by the Singapore National Eye Centre, the event was attended by many global leaders and experts in myopia along with local and international practitioners.

03/06/2025

What is the value of adding 0.01% atropine with orthokeratology for myopia control in children? Read about this new research article where Dr Yap Tiong Peng is recognised as its peer reviewer in the Frontier in Pediatrics. The recognition of reviewers after the peer review helps to ensure transparency in the process and build trust in the scientific community. Separately, Dr Yap is recently selected as the “Reviewer of the Month” due to his outstanding contribution in the peer review process with Translational Pediatrics. These contributions demonstrates Dr Yap’s continual commitment in the ophthalmic and pediatric communities whilst delivering the highest standards and level of care in vision therapy and optometry.

02/06/2025

👋 Pakistan, here we go! 🎉 This morning, our consultant Dr Yap Tiong Peng was part of an esteemed line up of experts who spoke on the topic of strabismus and amblyopia at the international symposium hosted by The University of Faisalabad. This was held in conjunction with the World Orthoptic Day. “It was great sharing our experience in Singapore on vision therapy”, said Dr Yap. As Singapore’s first vision therapy provider, many children and adults already have good success with vision therapy, and its benefits extends beyond visual acuity but also stereopsis, binocularity and the quality-of-life. Besides vision therapy, Dr Yap also spoke about refractive treatment and occlusion therapy.

30/05/2025

Visual snow syndrome

17/05/2025

It’s been an incredibly busy weekend as our team participated at the International Myopia Summit. Our consultant Dr Yap Tiong Peng presented his work on Behavioural Change Strategies in Myopia Control. As Singapore’s first Behavioural Optometrist, Dr Yap utilised the well-established COM-B model as a framework to analyse the Behaviour Change that can help to improve spectacle compliance to combat childhood myopia in Singapore. With the technological advancements in myopia control lenses, he explored some innovative public health interventions that can help to complement the existing National Myopia Programme.

26/04/2025

We are happy to announce that Dr Yap Tiong Peng is the first person outside the U.S. to be awarded the FOVDR (FCOVD) and FOVDR-A (FCOVD-A) professional qualifications. These are the highest professional fellowships which provide extensive clinical training in the subspecialty of Vision Therapy in the U.S. to enhance expertise and peer recognition to providing the highest standards in patient care. The FOVDR (FCOVD) is a clinical fellowship which focuses on advanced patient care within vision therapy, while the FOVDR-A (FCOVD-A) is an academic fellowship which combines clinical training with cutting-edge research to contribute to the scholarly literature and advance knowledge in the field.