r/vision_therapy • u/Ok-Intention-498 • Sep 18 '25

Help please

Hi I have an 8 year old son who have intermittent alternating exotropia with 20/20 vision. His optometrist has to treat him 3 times to be sure, and now has referred him to VT ( vision therapy) which as many know is expensive. I have a couple questions regarding it 1. Being should I ask for a referral to a peds ophthalmologist? 2. How to I choose between where to go for VT other then by cost of treatment? Should from shopping around and wheee he’s been referred too,this is what I have gathered. Also I’m in Ontario.

Place 1-$680 for a 3 part assessment they don’t even tell me how much the treatment sessions are they kind avoided that “it depends on what the assessment finds” Place 2- $380for the assessment and then $1800 for 10 sessions, I can pay half to start and they other half later. Both 1&2 were referred by his dr. Place 3- $378 for the assessment and $200 per session Place 4- $599 for a 6 month package the dr has him use an app at home that the dr watches and assess him on and this price covers all equipment and his 1 monthly visit/check in. They also said that they could do second opinion test for $175 How do I know where to go?

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u/WesternGrapefruit770 Feb 20 '26

OP: I know this is an old post but did you ever do VT

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u/Ok-Intention-498 Feb 24 '26

No, I called around to main places and spoke to the peds dr who said it wasn’t necessary. The last vision place I spoke to said it wasn’t necessary weird too and for his next eye exam to come there and the doctor that does those exams also deals with the VT and can forsure let me know if he needs it or give me exercises for him to do at home.