In 1st grade, we noticed Maverick was having a lot of difficulty rearing and his handwriting was becoming progressively worse. He had also been complaining that if he looked at something too long everything would get very blurry. I took him to get an eye exam and a functional vision screening through which we learned the vision in his right eye was about 20/20 and the left eye was about 20/40 and also showed he had intermittent amblyopia(lazy eye) amongst other things and it was recommended I start him in Vision Therapy ("VT"). Dr. Sharieff was recommended to me by a Pediatric Neurologist and I'm so glad she was. She and her staff have been so helpful.
They have been working with Maverick now for almost 9 months and in that time we have seen drastic improvements in Maverick's reading and writing. His school does a reading assessment at the start, middle & end of the school year. The start of 1st grade he was way below the benchmark he needed to be and by the end he had reached the benchmark he needed to be at which I attribute to the help I received from the school, working with him at home & all the help from VT. VT has not only helped Maverick academically but also his coordination has improved which was noticed by his The Kwon Do Instructor.
The improvements he's shown have given his overall self-esteem a boost and where he used to resist reading he now enjoys it more. VT has really made a difference & for that I Thank Dr. Sharieff and your staff for all the hard work and dedication you provide us & your other patients.
Nicole (Maverick's Mom )
My name is Karter. I am 7. I think the office helps me see and notice friends move. It helps me read higher-level books.
I like working with Ms. Vanessa. My favorite game is the light board. I got a high score of 12. Vision Therapy is helping me. I like it. It is hard sometimes then. I take a deep breath and try again.
I had a car accident 17 months ago. I got hit by a semi-truck on the freeway from behind while my car was stopped late at night in a construction zone on the 405 two South@Springalale. I don't remember anything and I was unconscious for an hour. It’s been a long recovery from traumatic brain injury laughing with my belly all bagged up. I thank god for covariance disability insurance to all of my helpful therapists like the people here at Dr. Sharieff's office Vanessa, Anthony, Adnieure, and of course, Dr. Sharieff who makes it all possible.
I have worked with Vanessa once a week for 3 months now. She has really really helped me in many areas, especially in my brain functioning, response time, and visual-spatial skills. She always pays attention & monitors my progress, I know what the activities are for the day. I enjoy coming here for 55-45 min. I can shut off most of the world & just be present to exercise my brain eyes. I am very thankful for the wonderful work that the team does here at Vision Therapy. I highly recommend them here for anyone recovering from an injury, an accident, or just "working out" their brain's eyes.
THANK YOU, DAVİD SHILLING
I suffer from chronic migraines and have had over 30 doctor's appointments, 17 medications, and 8 procedures. After two years I found vision therapy and in a couple of months, my symptoms have gone from chronic to the minor. It has helped me in not only my diagnosis but to excel in my school. I would rate my VT experience as an 1000/10!
I have been working with Vision Performance Optometric Center for about 3 months now. Dr. Sharieff, Malika, and all the rest of the staff I have interacted with have been very professional, knowledgeable, skilled, caring, and kind. My visual issues have been improving according to their assessments, so I am hopeful that my related symptoms will improve soon as well. I would definitely recommend this practice to anyone struggling with visual issues.
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Tustin office staff are friendly and communicate well with parents. The staff work with the unique needs of the child. They find what motivates & work to encourage the child motivates & encourages. The child through reach activity. Our 7-year-old son enjoys therapy and feels it is helpful.
What was the reason you (or your child) came to vision therapy?
Low reading levels Convergence Insufficiency Diagnosis, difficulty with focus when reading, low stamina when reading.
What did you think of your (or your child's) vision therapy results?
Karter continues to improve in his reading ability endurance and his writing has improved as well. Behaviorally are have noticed he is better able to be flexible, where he used to be rigid.
What would you tell someone who wasn't sure if they wanted to do Vision Therapy?
We have found it to be helpful & me continue to see our 7-year-old son grow from being behind by 2-grade levels in reading. I now enjoy reading.
It was worth taking the time and energy to come here I feel like. I wouldn't have come this far in improving my vision without the help of Dr. Shariff and everyone else.
We first came to Dr. Sheriff's office to begin sensory learning for our son, who was 3 at the time with autism Before we started the therapy, he was so hyperactive I couldn't lake him out without a kid leash, he had non-conversational speech, and his sensory sensitivities were so bad he couldn't even stand to have food in his mouth.
After the third day, my husband asked our son, 'Hit How are you?" Our son turned around and said, "Hi Daddy, I'm fine, how are you?" Both of us stood there in shock- it was the first time our son had ever responded to this question without just repeating the question we asked him After the 5th day, he started singing along to songs in the car, and we noticed a big improvement in his awareness. Even his speech and occupational therapists couldn't believe how calm and in the moment he was becoming.
I definitely would recommend sensory learning for any parent with a child on the spectrum. I will be doing the therapy with my younger son when he is a little older.
Vision Therapy helped me a lot by making my usıon cleaver, and I can see small things better now. It helped me for school to read and cony off of the board better. I have noticed a big change, from when I first started to now. My eyes are becoming stronger. Thank you for helping me with my vision.
Therapy is starting to really help my vision. It is clearly identifying my problem areas. Double vision is slowly disappearing, vision to my sides remains an issue, along with a slow processing time from my eyes to my brain. The therapy is exercising my eye muscles and my brain. I am more exhausted after my eye therapy than physical therapy, I hope my vision continues to recover so I can drive again.
Before I did vision therapy I had extremely painful headaches due to a concussion six months ago. For vision therapy, I was put on their bed that had a blinking light. I made a lot of progress since my first day of vision therapy and my headaches are better too.
My son suffered a tragedy which left him vision impaired to the point of becoming legally blind. Through the amazing efforts of Dr. Sharieff and her therapy staff, my son is making steady improvements. Dr. Sharieff is a compassionate and well-versed professional. Her innovative and well-researched therapies reach many patients like my son. Lori, her office manager, is amazing and extremely helpful. We are forever in debt to Jessica and Lena as vision therapists.
Before I started their vision therapy I already could tell that my eyes were misaligned. Asking about it on one of my annual checkups is when I have found what I have is called strabismus. Little did I know before then that my left eye actually was being ignored on a daily basis and that I have been looking through primarily my right eye only.
Vision therapy has helped me train my left eye so it can work together with my right. The training so far not only has helped me see through both and improve merging but also has strengthened my left eye as well to see better overall as it is my weaker eye. There is still more to go to get them to merge fully however the difference from when I started is there.
Before it required a lot of effort to both keep my left eye active and merge both horizontally but now on the exercises, we do it's almost effortless to merge them horizontally and keep my left eye active which is a great improvement to how it was pre-therapy. Employees are also very friendly and like to share what is going on.
Vision Therapy is great! For my elder son, the eye power was increasing very rapidly and that is when I consulted Dr. Sheriff and started Vision Therapy for him. She constantly monitored the progress. The results were amazing.
The eye power growth rate significantly dropped now. With the eye exercises and fun activities that train his eyes, my son is having fun. All the therapists are well trained, patient, and friendly. I'm really moved by the passion that Mike carries with him towards therapy and all his energy. My kids enjoy working with him and it is more like playing fun games than formal therapy with him.
He also tried Ortho-K nighttime lenses recently and is getting comfortable with it now. Looking at all the fun my elder son (9) is having, my younger son (4) joined the party as well. Now both are having a great time and they look forward to the therapy session every week.
Vision Therapy has been working great for both of my sons. For my elder son, his eye power was rapidly increasing and that is when I consulted Dr. Shariff and started Vision Therapy. The Doctor constantly monitors the progress. And the results were amazing. His eye power growth rate dropped significantly.
All the therapists are well-trained, patient, and friendly. I'm really moved by Mike's passion towards therapy and all his energy. My kids enjoy working with him and look forward to therapy sessions every week. My elder son recently started using Ortho-K lenses at night and is getting comfortable with them. Looking at all the fun my elder son is having, my younger son (4) joined the party as well. It is more like playing fun games for them here than formal therapy.
Ryan has made such huge improvements with reading. He went from getting 2/10 or 4/10 on his AR (Accelerated Reading) to mostly 100% on his reading tests. His attitude toward reading has greatly improved as a result of his successes on these tests. He is learning to enjoy reading for pleasure.
MOM, (STEPHANIE WINTERS)
Since Ian started his vision therapy we have seen improvement in cognitive skills both at home and at his adult day program. He seems to have a more avid interest in puzzles and computers (things that were previously more difficult due to visual tracking problems). His ability to understand what he visualizes seems to have improved remarkably. The vision therapy seems to have been of great benefit to Ian.
Noticed some improvement in AIDEN'S speech. He's using more words to make complete sentences. He asks more opened-ended questions... Repeating more words. His behavior has also improved.
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My son Aiden after the therapy started to talk in more complete sentences. He started to ask more questions. He would repeat what we would say repeat again later. He also would get mad but instead of lashing out, he would control his temper more.
- Reading has improved and in turn, so has her comprehension. She has begun scoring well on her reading comprehension tests. Still working on her reading at her age/grade level.
- She has gotten better at discerning her " b/d" and "p/g'' when reads and writes.
- Reading speed has increased.
In 1st grade we noticed Maverick was having a lot of difficulty reading and his handwriting was becoming progressively worse. He had also been complaining that if he looked at something too long everything would get very blurry. I took him to get an eye exam and a functional vision screening through which we learned the vision in his right eye was about 20/20 and the left eye was about 20/40 and also showed he had intermittent amblyopia (lazy eye) amongst other things and it was recommended I start him in Vision Therapy ("VT"). Dr. Sharieff was recommended to me by a Pediatric Neurologist and I'm so glad she was. She and her staff have been so helpful. They have been working with Maverick now for almost 9 months and in that time we have seen drastic improvements in Maverick's reading and writing. His school does a reading assessment at the start, middle & end of the school year. The start of 1st grade he was way below the benchmark he needed to be and by the end he had reached the benchmark he needed to be at which I attribute to help I received from the school, working with him at home & all the help from VT. VT has not only helped Maverick academically but also his coordination has improved which was noticed by his Tae Kwon Do Instructor. The improvements he's shown have given his overall self-esteem a boost and where he used to resist reading he now enjoys it more. VT has really made a difference & for that I THANK Dr. Sharieff and your staff for all the hard work and dedication you provide us & your other patients.
I was recommended to this office by another parent, and I was not disappointed. It was a very informative appointment.
Very friendly a patient staff. The building is difficult to find so look for two tall ficus trees and you are there!
All good things! Very happy they are close and had a great experience both with the doctor and office staff.
Dr. Sharieff, as always, was very professional and efficient which makes for an enjoyable experience. Thanks for asking.
Dr. Sharieff and her assistant were really very friendly and professional.
Dr. Kauser Sharieff was great but her front desk staff is definitely rough around the edges, bordering on unprofessional.
First time seeing an eye doctor. I wish she didn't dilate my pupils before looking at frames. Friendly and the staff was great.
I got new contacts and an awesome pair of glasses. The girls up front were so helpful it was fun. I will be back next year.
Everyone there was really nice. It was right away with no wait. Going there again if I need new glasses or contacts.
Dr. Kauser Sharieff was the most patient and amazing eye Dr. I've ever had. I am sure everyone will enjoy her.
I found the doctor's office well-equipped and had state-of-the-art devices.
The friendly staff and the doctor were informative. Great place!
Dr. Sharieff is very informative and lets you know what she’s doing and for what purpose.
Loved it so much. They explained everything and made sure I understood all of it.
She was very professional and helpful. I highly recommend using her.
Very professional and have a lot of choices for eyeglasses.
Been going here since I was little and wouldn't think of going anywhere else!
Dr. Sharieff was very attentive & knowledgeable. Highly recommended!
Overall the service was great and many options were discussed.
She is great and I would recommend her to all my friends.
Very knowledgeable and forthcoming with relevant info.
Adrian the office manager/ assistant was so nice and accommodating. The Dr. Was great too. They make a great team. It was a very good experience.
Dr. Sharieff and her staff were great! They took their time with me and answered all my questions. They were very friendly and helpful.
Amazing customer service and bedside manner. Very informative and transparent. A little bit of a “selling” vibe, but for good reason. Lots of frames to choose from. The doctor seems well-experienced. I am glad I found them!
Dr. Sharieff took her time to explain everything to me about the best possible and other options. Her staff then carefully helped me choose a combination of lens options and frames that would suit my needs. After going through a couple of the big-name eye care shops, the personal touch and time they invested were appreciated.
Great service and friendly staff.
Dr. Is great, she explains everything very well and also listens, and takes appropriate care for what is needed, also the front staff is great, by far this is one of the offices we will continue to return to, my husband, my daughter and I all go here and it’s been great.
It was cool. I felt comfortable.
The MD was Extremely thorough. Although expensive (my Prism lenses aren't covered and the extensive tests weren't either), I got answers the Naval MDs weren't willing to test for.
I was greeted by a friendly front office girl. She made me feel welcome and was professional. I didn't have to wait for the optometrist and she was caring and willing to discuss all my questions! I looked at my eyeglasses and the optometric assistant was patient. She processed my order for progressive lenses and I'm thankful I have a new optometrist!
The staff was very nice and the visit was quick.
Staff was great, quick and simple.
The greeting I received from her receptionist/assistant was exceptional as was her pre-screening and help afterward to find a nice pair of glasses. Dr. Shariff was professional and thorough she to was very pleasant. I would recommend this office!
Great service!
Dr. Sharieff is very knowledgeable and very helpful. I felt well taken care of with an action plan. I’m so happy I made this appointment and saw this doctor. Also the office staff was very friendly and very helpful!
Dr. Kauser Sharieff is very informative and detailed. She is very professional and has a great bedside manner. Will be coming back soon.
I had a great experience with Dr. Kauser. The receptionist called my insurance to clarify what services they covered so that she could tell me upfront. The doctor was very professional and informative. She asked me at multiple points if I had any questions and was thorough in her explanations. I had a great experience!
I came to see Dr. Sharieff because I really needed to get my eye checked out because it was very irritating. The staff was very wonderful and quick to help me. The doctor did a thorough exam with additional testing since she is a neuro-optometrist. She was able to identify what was causing my irritation and I am thankful.
She is very patient with my 81 yr. old mother.
She is the most helpful eye doctor I have had! She answered all of my many questions and explained everything I needed to know about my specific eye health. Her receptionist was also extremely friendly and welcoming. I recommend her to everyone.
She is a very helpful, honest, and nice doctor. She was very thorough in analyzing my eyes (more than any doctor I've seen before). She got my input on how my contacts/glasses feel and used that to help her recommendation.
Dr. Sharieff is such a caring person, she squeezed me in although her schedule was tight. She is extremely knowledgeable in this field.
Vision Therapy is great! For my elder son, the eye power was increasing very rapidly and that is when I consulted Dr. Sheriff and started Vision Therapy for him. She constantly monitored the progress. The results were amazing. The eye power growth rate significantly dropped now. With the eye exercises and fun activities that train his eyes, my son is having fun. All the therapists are well-trained, patient, and friendly. I'm really moved by the passion that Mike carries with him toward therapy and all his energy. My kids enjoy working with him and it is more like playing fun games than formal therapy with him. He also tried Ortho-K nighttime lenses recently and is getting comfortable with them now. Looking at all the fun my elder son (9) is having, my younger son (4) joined the party as well. Now both are having a great time and they look forward to the therapy session.
My son suffered a tragedy that left him vision impaired to the point of becoming legally blind. Through the amazing efforts of Dr. Sharieff and her therapy staff, my son is making steady improvements. Dr. Sharieff is a compassionate and well-versed professional. Her innovative and well-researched therapies reach many patients like my son. Lori her office manager is amazing and extremely helpful. We are forever in debt to Jessica and Lena as vision therapists.
Dr. Sharieff is one of the best doctors I've ever seen. She is very kind and helpful. I had so many questions and she answered all my questions with a great explanation. Also, she always has a new collection of glasses. If you are looking for an OD, Dr. Sharieff is absolutely a good choice.
Dr. Kauser runs a great clinic. The environment is professional, the employees are genuinely friendly. They have a good selection of frames from the lower end to the higher end. Their new vision therapist is really great with kids. She's patient, and encouraging and really responds well to their needs.
They recently just hosted a vision therapy workshop for the community which was extremely informing. Educators, parents, and professionals in the medical field participated and went away with a better understanding of what to look for in children who need vision therapy. Surprisingly students with ADHD-like symptoms may not necessarily have ADHD but may have a developmental issue with their eyes and brain. Also, sports concussions may factor in with a loss of focus because of the inability to read with ease.
As a vision therapy patient for a couple of years, I actually gained a better understanding of here at this clinic of my issues. They explained why I had certain focusing symptoms and how they manifest itself at work or home.
I see that Dr. Kauser is bringing more awareness of vision therapy to the community and I love it. If you know any child, student, person, or person with vision challenges, I'd recommend this place.
Dr. Sharieff is such a kind and devoted lady. I really love her workshop on educating parents, educators, and individuals about the importance of a kid's vision. I really learn a lot from the workshop. Also, I appreciate a lot what she is doing in our community! Good job, Doc! I surely will recommend your service to my family and friends!
Passion for optometry and eye therapy. Helping patients with a variety of eye needs such as autism, concussion, stroke, or athletes.
If you have trouble with double vision, reading, focusing, lazy eye I would recommend a consultation and you will see the amount of help available to you.
They believe that giving patients great vision is about giving them a greater quality of life.
Dr. Sharieff is very knowledgeable and lets you know step-by-step what she's doing and why while examining you. She is very kind and was able to help me pick out contacts that work with dry eyes and well as give me tips on how to combat it. She was also able to find a rebate for my contacts.
My first experience with Sharieff Kauser was when I was visiting LA. She is very current in all aspects of Optometry, a good listener to our related problems, and explains the anatomy behind the issue. Great care and customer service. Easy quick appointment very attentive and made a great recommendation for new contacts to deal with my Dry eyes! I recommend her.
Dr. was very nice! She explained to me what she was looking for in my eyes, and the tests she was doing, and answered all of my questions. Very informative and kind.
I traveled all the way from Las Vegas to see this OD after a recommendation from a friend. I'm IMPRESSED. Dr. Sharieff is a thorough, patient, and very intelligent woman. I had many questions after some of my very quick visits to the OD in Vegas that led to my eyes feeling dry and headaches that would last hours. This location is a little intimate, but when you're getting such good service...that shouldn't matter.
I would highly recommend Dr. Sharieff for many reasons:
- She's willing to answer your questions in detail rather than scape them aside like many other providers I know.
- She'll work with you, not against you.
- She's kind. In my field, I'm in front of a computer for the majority of the day - and Dr. Sharieff understands that. She recommended anti-glares & transitions for the sun.
If this location is too far for you, she's opened up another location! GO SEE HER. You won't regret it.
Been going for around a year now and always enjoy coming here! Fantastic explanations on what we're doing. Always get my checkups here.
I love this doctor. I take my family to her and would never go to anyone else. My kids adore her she runs a wonderful practice! If you thinking of going to her please do. Without hesitation!!! Wonderful bedside manner and never rushes you out of her office like others.
After a change in insurance, I had to choose a new doctor for vision care. Unfortunately for me, I developed a condition that required a much stronger prescription to correct my vision. My insurance recommended Dr. Sharieff, whose specialty deals with my particular condition, which is more than impaired vision. I have been pleased so far with her practice, and I am happy to work with her as I try to reach my goals in therapy.
Great staff and Service. So happy with her service and treatment.
Very good doctor, friendly, their service is fast and she is very helpful, she makes sure you don't leave with any questions.
Super nice doctor and staff! Very helpful and knowledgeable. Would definitely recommend it.
She of a kind doctor, highly recommend her. I also attend eye therapy at her office. My favorite therapy, 5 plus stars.
Before I started their vision therapy I already could tell that my eyes were misaligned. Asking about it on one of my annual checkups when I found what I have is called strabismus. Little did I know before then that my left eye actually was being ignored on a daily basis and that I have been looking through primarily my right eye only.
Vision therapy has helped me train my left eye so it can work together with my right. The training so far not only has helped me see through both and improve merging but also has strengthened my left eye as well to see better overall as it is my weaker eye.
There is still more to go to get them to merge fully however the difference from when I started is there. Before it required a lot of effort to both keep my left eye active and merge both horizontally but now on the exercises, we do it's almost effortless to merge them horizontally and keep my left eye active which is a great improvement to how it was pre-therapy. Employees are also very friendly and like to share what is going on.
We first came to Dr. Sharieff's office to begin sensory learning for our son, who was 3 at the time with autism. Before we started the therapy, he was so hyperactive I couldn't take him out without a kid leash, he had non-conversational speech, and his sensory sensitivities were so bad he couldn't even stand to have food in his mouth.
After the third day, my husband asked our son, 'Hi! How are you?" Our son turned around and said, "Hi Daddy! I'm fine, how are you?" Both of us stood there in shock- it was the first time our son had ever responded to this question without just repeating the question we asked him. After the 5th day, he started singing along to songs in the car, and we noticed a big improvement in his awareness. Even his speech and occupational therapists couldn't believe how calm and at moment he was becoming.
My husband had an issue with his vision, I had a friend who recommended Dr. Sharieff to us. We had a visit and I have to say that I believe and know that she has the knowledge and knows her job, Dr. Sharieff is beyond her words, she helped my husband a lot, he gets his optometrist treatments and we see a huge difference. Thank you so much DR Sharieff; I wish The best and success to you and your wonderful team. 100% recommended
I came in to get my eyes checked because of my diabetes and she made sure I was comfortable every step of the way! Even though dilating my eyes and calling my somewhat difficult insurance. Highly recommend.
Dr. Kauser was very accommodating and helped me find the perfect prescription for my new contact lenses. This was my first visit here, and I'll definitely be returning for my future eye care needs!
Dr. Kauser Sharieff was very helpful in helping me get my eyes checked. When I couldn't get my contact lens on she helped in less than a second they were ready, she let me know the prices ahead of time and didn't pressure me into anything that wasn't necessary, if you need a place to check your eyes that's reliable I would come here without a doubt, it feels really good to be able to see again. Thank you, doctor!
I definitely would recommend sensory learning for any parent with a child on the spectrum. I will be doing the therapy with my younger son when he is a little older.
Great Doctor - sincerely cares! I was assigned to a vision therapist there, but the doctor would still come in to assist in my recovery. She also had knowledgeable answers for all my concerns.
My best eye doctor experience. She took time to do a very detailed exam which I my visits to other optometrists. The staff was very pleasant to work with and they made my prescription lens in about a week. For a follow-up visit, I was given an appointment in just 2 days and purchased contact lenses on the second visit.
My vision is crisp and clear after many years of giving up contact that I have purchased online. A chunk of my payment was reimbursed by my insurance and they billed the insurance for me. I will stop by to purchase some prescription sunglasses and they have my choice- Oakley 🙂
I am sure to recommend this office.
