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Your Specialty Eye Care Center in Austin & Waco, TX

Founded in 2004, we are proud to be Austin’s most established Vision Therapy Clinic.

Our clinic will ensure you and your children enjoy your lives to the fullest with advanced eye care and the smiles and attention to detail we are famous for!

1 in 4 Children have an Undiagnosed Vision Problem:
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Vision Therapy and Myopia Management at The Center for Vision Development

What Is Vision Therapy?

Are you a parent concerned with your child’s ability to focus, read, and learn?
Have you experienced dizziness, double vision, and a poorer quality of life after a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or other neurological event?

Dr. Allison Orr and Dr. Denise Smith offer advanced customized vision therapy programs with the goal of developing and restoring full visual function to children and adults alike.

What Is Myopia Management?

Is your child myopic? Are you concerned your child’s short-sightedness is worsening?

Myopia is not just an inconvenience, but also increases a child’s risks of serious sight-threatening eye diseases later in life, such as glaucoma, retinal detachment and macular degeneration.

Dr. Allison Orr and Dr. Denise Smith offer Myopia Management options to control or even stop your child’s myopia from progressing. Myopia management may even allow your child to achieve clear vision, without the use of daytime glasses or contact lenses.

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Reviews From Our Patients

In August of 2022, I had my initial vision evaluation at the Center for Vision Development. I had been studying for my licensing exam for approximately 2 years prior to attending this eval. I was struggling with vision fatigue, eye strain, encoding information and comprehension. It was an uphill battle to study for me. Prior to that, I was diagnosed with Dyslexia when I was 18 years and struggled academically for years. I was able to compensate and figure out ways to get through school. I ended up even going to graduate school and obtaining my doctorate in clinical psychology. The licensing exam was a whole other beast though! When I met with Dr. Allison Orr, I really had no idea what visual processing problems were. She was so kind and explained to me that the things that I struggled with can get better. This was a miracle to me because I grew up believing that it was a brain structural element and it wouldn’t change. I started vision therapy right away. The staff have been so incredibly kind, knowledgeable and encouraging. I started seeing real results after a month of vision therapy appointments. I noticed that I was able to read for longer periods, experienced decreased fatigue, decreased eye strain and comprehended the information I was reading way more effectively. It was amazing! My brain and eyes were changing in more efficient and effectively ways by doing these visions therapy exercises. I also recently passed my licensing exam! The visions therapy really did make such an impact on my visual processing problems. I’m 35 years old - so I was amazed to see that the brain really is plastic and we can correct patterns that do not serve us! I highly recommend The Center for Vision Development!
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- Elise K.
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Vision Therapy in Austin, TX

Vision therapy is an individually tailored regimen of eye exercises to improve visual functioning and retrains the brain and eyes to work as a team, to interpret visual input more accurately.

Vision therapy can successfully treat lazy eye (amblyopia), eye turns (strabismus), improve eye focusing and binocular problems, eye movements, visual perception, and can be the solution for patients diagnosed with dyslexia and attention difficulties.

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Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation

Neuro-optometric rehabilitation is an individualized treatment program for those with visual problems caused by traumatic brain injuries, such as concussion and head injuries from sports, and other neurological insults, including stroke and brain tumors.

Neuro-optometry improves the brain to eye communication to improve the visual skills, leading to reduced double vision, dizziness and headaches and improvements in balance, gait, visual information processing, cognitive skills, visual memory, motor skills, and more.

The Intersection of Neurology and Optometry

Neuro-optometric rehabilitation therapy is a form of vision therapy that deals with vision rehabilitation following brain injury. It applies the latest methods and treatments of neuroplasticity and vision function to help patients develop or regain the essential visual skills necessary for learning and optimal daily function.

An undiagnosed vision condition, or one resulting from a traumatic brain injury, can result in the following problems:

  • Double vision
  • Blurred vision
  • Eye-teaming and eye-tracking problems
  • Visual field loss
  • Extreme sensitivity to light (photophobia)
  • Eye focusing problems

As part of an interdisciplinary approach, neuro-optometric rehabilitation therapy is a well-established and highly effective method used to treat the underlying vision function issues responsible for the problems listed above.


Since our opening in 2004, our practice has grown to offer vision therapy, neuro-optometric rehabilitation, sports vision and myopia management.

We offer a comprehensive approach to vision development, learning disabilities, strabismus and amblyopia, attention deficit disorders, sports vision, myopia, and traumatic brain injury.


The Center for Vision Development is an independently owned private practice, with offices in Austin and Waco, TX we specialize in children's eye care.

We are committed to an open line of communication and positively believe in practicing with a patient-centered approach, we ensure that our patients feel welcome, respected and listened to.


If you have concerns regarding your child's vision, click here to identify the signs that your child could benefit from our comprehensive range of children's eye care.

We look forward to helping you or your child achieve full visual function, which can lead to increased success at school, confidence and a higher quality of life.

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The Link Between High Myopia and Serious Eye Diseases

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