See It Differently

A special episode of See It Differently. Dr. Justin Chelette announces the release of The Functional Vision Evaluation — a clinical course for optometrists who were never taught how to think through functional vision patients. Filmed live in a real exam lane with no script and no production team, the course covers the developmental case history, preliminary testing, functional refraction and phoro...

Your kid loses their place, skips lines, reads the same sentence twice and you've been told it's laziness, or inattention, or maybe dyslexia? In this episode, we're reframing all of it. The truth? Line-skipping is often an oculomotor control problem, a mechanics issue with how the eyes move across a page, and it's one of the most overlooked and most treatable contributors to readin...

Your six-year-old keeps writing b's as d's. Your second-grader still flips numbers. You've been down the late-night Google rabbit hole and now you're not sure whether to call the school, make an appointment, or just wait it out. In this episode, we untangle one of the most misunderstood topics in early childhood development: letter and number reversals. We talk about why reversals...

You can have perfectly healthy eyes — even 20/20 vision — and still have a condition that causes chronic headaches, dizziness, reading struggles, motion sickness, and anxiety in crowded spaces. It's called Binocular Vision Dysfunction, and it affects an estimated 10–20% of the population. Most people have never heard of it. In this episode, Dr. Justin Chelette breaks down what BVD actually is,...

A child can have 20/20 acuity, no signs of eye disease, and a clean bill of health from their pediatrician — and still have clinically significant visual dysfunction affecting their reading, attention, and learning. In this episode, behavioral optometrist Dr. Justin Chelette explains why: pediatric vision screenings are designed to detect medical pathology, not evaluate functional visual skills li...

Your child is bright. You know it. Their teachers know it. So why does a ten-minute worksheet turn into a two-hour meltdown every single night? In this episode of See It Differently , Dr. Justin Chelette unpacks what he calls the Smart but Struggling paradox : the pattern he sees every week in children who are clearly intelligent but can't seem to get it together on paper. The answer isn't...

You had a concussion. Maybe it wasn't even that bad, no loss of consciousness, back to work in days. But now fluorescent lights are unbearable, reading makes you dizzy, and you've been told repeatedly that your eyes are fine. They're not fine. And in this episode, Dr. Justin Chelette explains exactly why. Post-concussion light sensitivity is one of the most common and most misunderstoo...

Your child passed the vision screening. So why does reading still feel like a battle? Season 2 of See It Differently opens with a conversation parents urgently need to hear: the vision problems that standard screenings completely miss, and how they quietly derail reading, attention, and a child's belief in themselves. Dr Chelette breaks down the three core visual systems that drive reading, ey...

How to address doubts about vision therapy with professionalism, research, and real-world impact.

Lenses aren’t just corrective, they’re prescriptive tools for building visual balance, posture, and function.

Understanding spatial orientation, bilateral integration, and midline awareness.

A fun, accessible deep-dive into classic (and often misunderstood) vision therapy tools.

A walk through of what a typical session looks like - from warm-up to progress tracking, with tips for explaining it to parents.

What makes a behavioral optometry intake form different? In this episode we dive into why the case history is the most essential part of an examination; we'll discuss certain specific intake form history questions, the importance of observing the whole person, and go over a patient's goals through working with a behavioral optometrist.

Vision is the foundation for learning, attention, coordination, and even confidence. As demands on kids (and adults) grow, we need a new model of readiness, one that integrates movement, vision, and cognition from the very start. This episode offers a vision for what's possible in the future when we stop treating the eyes in isolation and start supporting the whole child.

Many functional vision problems go unrecognized because they show up as behavior, frustration, or underperformance; not blurry sight. This episode explores the most common ways vision problems are mistaken for something else, and how to start seeing the signs before the child (or adult) falls through the cracks.

Why clarity of sight doesn’t equal efficiency or comfort, and how common vision problems go undetected in standard eye exams.

Learn how this foundational model connects posture, cognition, movement, and vision in a dynamic loop.

Vision isn’t just inherited, it develops and it can be shaped or disrupted by experience, environment, and engagement.

A deep dive into several tests and tools that behavioral optometrists use to assess and treat visual performance and processing, beyond just acuity.

A foundational episode that introduces vision therapy in plain language, how to explain it to patients, parents, and colleagues, and why it matters.