Lisa Harvey, OD

Lisa Harvey, OD Integrative Optometry with Board Certification in Vision Therapy and Vision Development Patients with difficult vision problems are welcome!

Our office is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive visual care for patients of all ages, from infants to adults. We offer specialized services for the diagnosis and treatment of Learning-related Vision Problems, Vision Rehabilitation following head injury, and Vision Therapy for the treatment of eye turns, amblyopia (lazy eye) and other visual dysfunctions.

I wonder if I have been doing this optometry thing too long. A friend sent me this photo of our state’s capitol and I ca...
06/01/2025

I wonder if I have been doing this optometry thing too long. A friend sent me this photo of our state’s capitol and I can’t stop seeing it as an elaborate eye. 😎

05/24/2025

"Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. It’s a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace that is right for each individual child. Earlier is not better."
Magda Ge**er

Learning to read earlier is not better - or worse. Learning to read later is not better - or worse. Learning to read 'in the middle' is not better - or worse. Whenever a child learns to read is the right time. Earlier formal reading instruction, however, is not better, it is worse. There are children who 'catch' reading early, they crack the code with ease without laboured formal instruction. Others (little boys in particular) fare better when formal instruction is introduced sometime after six or even seven years of age. Success is more likely to come quickly and with ease when the child shows an interest and follows that interest. (Yes, as an ex-classroom teacher myself there are ways to spark interest where the tinder seems to be wet.) One of the best classroom teachers I ever knew could NOT crack the reading-writing code at all. Her school wrote her off as thick, and at reading time they gave her the job of washing the milk bottles. (Anyone reading this old enough to remember school milk?) She told of the day when she was 12 years old (twelve) and the words all 'just clicked into place'. She never looked back. Part of her success as a school principal and classroom teacher was because of her sensitivity around the cues for the "right time".

09/23/2024

GREAT LIST OF SKILLS TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN

Sometimes as parents we forget that these are skills that need to be taught!

02/10/2024

Why child vision development may be the key to reading, writing, math and higher learning instead of glasses. Child prescription could improve for reading.

02/10/2024

How to use the learning triangle for better vestibular, visual and auditory learning.

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Fort Bragg, CA

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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm

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Our office is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive visual care for patients of all ages, from infants to adults. We offer specialized services for the diagnosis and treatment of Learning-related Vision Problems, Vision Rehabilitation following head injury, and Vision Therapy for the treatment of eye turns, amblyopia (lazy eye) and other visual dysfunctions.

We especially like to help children gain the visual perceptual skills they need to succeed in life, and to help all of us retain our good eyesight.

Patients with difficult vision problems are welcome!