{"id":4874,"date":"2020-03-08T03:28:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T03:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/washingtonautismadvocacy.org\/resources\/?post_type=wpbdp_listing&#038;p=4874"},"modified":"2020-03-08T03:28:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T03:28:35","slug":"northwest-vision-development-center-dr-peter-charron","status":"publish","type":"wpbdp_listing","link":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/business-providers\/northwest-vision-development-center-dr-peter-charron\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwest Vision Development Center &#8211; Dr. Peter Charron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Peter Charron moved to Bellingham in 2010 after practicing optometry for 2 years in Rhode Island.\u00a0 He graduated from the University of Delaware with a major in Neuroscience, then earned his Doctorate of Optometry from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Charron\u2019s passion and specialty lies in vision therapy. He loves helping patients to develop the visual skill they need to meet their potential in school, at work or in life.<\/p>\n<p>He is a member of many organizations including the American Optometric Association, the Optometric Extension Program the College of Vision Development and the Learning Disabilities Association of Washington. He is an active member of the Bellingham Bay Rotary and is the current president of the Mount Baker Optometric Society.<\/p>\n<p>Patients of all ages can benefit and some of the common conditions that we treat with vision therapy include the following:<\/p>\n<h4>Binocular Vision Disorders<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a title=\"Strabismus\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nwvisiontherapy.com\/vision-therapy\/eye-turns-crossed-eyes-lazy-eye\/\">Strabismus<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Amblyopia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nwvisiontherapy.com\/amblyopia-lazy-eye\/\">Amblyopia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Exotropia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nwvisiontherapy.com\/vision-therapy\/eye-turns-crossed-eyes-lazy-eye\/\">Exotropia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"Esotropia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nwvisiontherapy.com\/vision-therapy\/eye-turns-crossed-eyes-lazy-eye\/\">Esotropia<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Convergence Insufficiency<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Convergence Excess<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Divergence Insufficiency<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<h4>Eye Focusing and Eye Movement Disorders<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Ocular Motor Dysfunction<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Saccadic Dysfunction<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pursuit Dysfunction<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Accommodative Dysfunction<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Accommodative Insufficiency<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Accommodative Excess<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Accommodative Infacility<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<h4>Visual Processing\/Perceptual Dysfunction<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Double Vision<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Visual Suppression<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Letter\/Word Reversal Problems<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Visual Spatial Problems<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Eye-Hand Coordination Problems<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Peter Charron moved to Bellingham in 2010 after practicing optometry for 2 years in Rhode Island.\u00a0 He graduated from the University of Delaware with a major in Neuroscience, then earned his Doctorate of Optometry from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN in 2008. 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