Dr. Joel H. Warshowsky, a Behavioral and Developmental Optometrist, is Associate Clinical Professor at SUNY College of Optometry where he has been on faculty since 1976. He has previously served at SUNY as Assistant Chief of Vision Training Services, Acting Chief of Children Services, and the founding Chief of Pediatrics. He has served as Optometric Consultant to numerous schools for child development in the New York metropolitan area. Dr. Warshowsky has lectured nationally and internationally, appeared on television and radio interviews, and is widely published in the field. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Optometry and College of Optometrists in Vision Development and is an active member of the American Optometric Association, the New York State Optometric Association, and the Optometric Extension Program.
"We receive from others that which we have already seen and created in ourselves. Dysfunction affecting vision will undoubtedly affect what is perceived, establishing what and how we see. Children with visual disability are limited not only in what they see but in how it makes them feel. Their lack of understanding of themselves and distortions in perception confuse their minds to the point of not knowing what is real and what is an illusion".
"Our offices present the clinical practice of Pediatric Behavioral Optometry to establish integrative clinical and community services", he says. "An unstable behavior is representative of one's unstable vision", he follows. "Vision serves as the foundation upon which reality is based, for knowing where we are in space and ultimately who we are in that context, comes in part from the stability of our vision".
Dr Warshowsky concludes by saying, "Once an individual becomes responsible for creating visual change within themselves, they create the experience that comes from a specific point of view. They become the creator of the phenomenon observed and the changes that are internalized. Accepting our real selves results in a lifetime of enjoying our achievements while recognizing our limitations".
THE RESERVOIR OF VISION IS AS FULL AS THE RESOURCE OF LOVE THAT COMES FROM THE HEART. THE EXTENT THAT WE SEE IS A REFLECTION OF THE LOVE THAT WE FEEL.
Joel H. Warshowsky, O.D., F.A.A.O., F.C.O.V.D.
