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Behavioral Vision Care; Chapter 1,
(PDF) Harris, Paul -- This is
the first chapter of the textbook Dr. Harris uses to accompany his courses. It includes
much of the material from the first day of the course entitled -- The Art
and Science of Optometric Care -- A Behavioral Perspective (BVC-1).
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Behavioral Vision Care: Chapter 2,
(PDF) Harris Paul -- This chapter is
entitles, "The Space World". This goes through step-by-step Dr. Harris'
understanding of how a person builds their representation of reality.
Problems of omission are discussed as well as misrepresentations as to the
location in space where things are seen. The nature of non-linearity in
these spatial relationships is discussed.
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The Binocular Continuum (PDF)
Harris, Paul -- This article gives a new classification and
nomenclature for gaining insight into how a person uses their
binocular system. There is a great deal of variability in
how the system is used throughout a day and current diagnostic
criteria does not account for these variabilities.
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The Effects of Using the
ReadFast Computer Program on Eye Movement Abilities as Measured by the OBER2
Eye Movement Recording Device,
(PDF) Hoover, Dennis, JOVD, Winter 1997. This paper demonstrates how
effective moving windows guided reading is following a program of vision
therapy to greatly enhance a person's mechanics of reading.
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The Myth of Critical Periods
(PDF) Harris, Paul -- This short paper presents
the rationale against critical periods, in particular in the
condition of amblyopia or lazy eye. For years, behavioral
optometrists have been treating amblyopia successfully at all
ages. Ophthalmology has adopted the stance that a critical
period exists beyond which no treatment of the amblyopia can
take place. Over the years the age that they have used has
gotten older and older. This paper includes the scientific basis
for the effectiveness of optometric intervention. The conclusion
is that critical periods for amblyopia in humans is a myth.
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The Scientific Basis for the Functional
Approach to Vision Care (PDF)
(Including Critical Period References), Cool, Steven -- This
paper includes the references for the critical periods paper by
Harris above. This includes detailed references which are the
basis for understanding the scientific underpinnings of the
behavioral approaches to vision care.
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A Summary of Vision in Vehicles Conference,
(PDF) Derby England 1995,
Harris, Paul -- This biannual meeting investigates the role of vision in driving all sorts
of vehicles. Dr. Harris attended the meeting and includes here in this paper his summary
of each of the papers and presentations he attended.
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Comparison of Danish and American Children on the Groffman
Visual Tracing Test, (PDF) Dorte Falcke, Katja Kristiansen, Paul Harris -- This paper
reports on research done while Dr. Harris was in Denmark during the 1997-98 academic year.
This compares groups of children in Denmark and the US. The groups in this study performed
similarly at all ages.
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Comparison of Danish and American Children on the Wold Sentence
Copy Test, (PDF) Paul Harris, Rakel Jóhannsdóttir, Thorunn Káradóttir-- This paper
reports on research done while Dr. Harris was in Denmark during the 1997-98 academic year.
This compares groups of children in Denmark and the US. Here the Danish children performed
much slower than age matched US children at the youngest ages. However, by later ages the
Danish children did significantly better.
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Comparison of Danish and American Children on the NYSOA King-Devic
Saccadic Test, (PDF) Julie Gullacksen, Paul Harris, Anette Høgenhav, Christina Lundø
Nielsen, -- This paper reports on research done while Dr. Harris was in Denmark during the
1997-98 academic year. This compares groups of children in Denmark and the US. Here the
Danish children performed much slower than age matched US children at the youngest ages.
At later ages the Danish children's scores came closer and closer to those of the US
children but they never did catch up.
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Visual
Conditions of Symphony Musicians, (PDF) Paul Harris, OD. This article
was published in the Journal of the American Optometric Association in
December of 1988. This paper supports the theories of the later
Elliott Forrest, OD on astigmatism. Most astigmatism is secondary to
asymmetries in posture sustained over time. Symphonic musicians remain
for hours in the same asymmetric postures and are an excellent laboratory
for studying the effects of asymmetries over time.
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Learning Related Visual Problems in Baltimore City - A Long-Term Project
(COVD Paper), (PDF) Paul Harris. This paper recounts the
five-year research program where vision therapy was provided to a Baltimore
City Public School in a double-blind controlled study. Anyone
considering such a research program will find the discussion of how to set
up this type of program and the discussion of the implications at the end
informative.
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Reference paper on
various forms of near-point retinoscopy (PDF) written by multiple authors: Harris,
Hohendorf, Kitchener, Koslowe, Lewis
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Quick
Reference Guide to the Skeffington Analytical Sequence (PDF) (21-point Exam)
