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Specializing in Pediatrics and Vision Therapy

Dedicated Eye Doctor in Ankeny -
Child and Family Vision Center

Dr. Erik and his staff are dedicated to providing the highest level of eye care and eye exams for the whole family.

At Child and Family Vision Center, we offer optometry services for vision therapy, and developmental optometry, which can impact your child’s reading, learning, school grades and sports performance.

Our office also offers neuro-optometric rehabilitation for anyone suffering from the affects of a concussion, a stroke and other forms head injury.

We believe that comprehensive eye care is a key factor in keeping your eyes healthy. Our eye doctor and expert staff takes the time to discuss and answer any questions you might have and supply you with the most up-to-date information for excellent eye health.

What Makes Child and Family Vision Center Unique?

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Children's Eye Care In Ankeny


Dr Erik has vast experience in providing eye exams for children and ensuring their eyes are healthy and working correctly.

Undetected or uncorrected vision problems can cause children and teens to suffer academically, socially, athletically and personally.

If your child has any reading, learning or attention difficulties, it could due to a vision problem requiring vision therapy or wearing eyeglasses from our fun range of kid's optical.

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Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation


Neuro-optometric rehabilitation uses a highly-customized combination of visual exercises, specialized lenses, and targeted visual stimuli to retrain the patient’s brain to process visual input properly following brain injury or other neurological conditions affecting vision.

It applies the latest methods and treatments of neuro-plasticity and vision function to help patients develop or regain the essential visual skills necessary for learning and optimal daily function.

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Vision Therapy


Vision Therapy is a customized program of exercises to improve the functioning of the visual system, this program improves the eye-brain communication to enhance vision skills such as eye-tracking, focusing and eye teaming abilities, among others. This is effective for those with lazy eye (amblyopia), eye turns (strabismus), any reading or learning problems, eye strain, convergence insufficiency — and a wide range of other visual problems.

Undetected visual problems may be keeping your child behind.

Vision Therapy Report Cards: Measuring Progress Beyond the Eye Chart

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Vision Therapy for Lazy Eye: How Treatment Helps Kids Thrive

When a child’s vision develops unevenly, it can quietly shape how they read, learn, and move through the world. At Child and Family Vision Center,...

Vision and Attention Problems: Looking Beyond the Surface

When the eyes struggle to work together, focus, learning, and recovery can suffer, yet the right evaluation can reveal the cause and guide lasting improvement.

Vision Therapy for Learning Challenges in Ankeny

Vision therapy strengthens the connection between the eyes and brain to improve reading, focus, and visual comfort. Many learning struggles stem from inefficient visual skills...

Vision Therapy In Ankeny, Iowa

Succeed with Vision Therapy

Poor visual skills can hinder your child's ability to succeed in school and sports. A customized program of vision therapy develops and enhances their visual skills, which leads to increased visual comfort and accurate information processing.

Vision therapy could the solution you have been searching for.

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Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation

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Restoring Vision, Balance, and Quality of Life

Have you experienced dizziness, double-vision or a reduction in your quality of life after a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or other neurological incident? Effective visual function can only occur when the eyes and brain work together as a team to focus, track and perceive the world in motion around us.

Neuro-optometric rehabilitation helps patients retrain the brain and eyes to work together so you can get back to living your live to the fullest.

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Patient Reviews


We had such a wonderful experience at Child and Family Vision Center for my daughter’s first eye exam. We had held off on taking her to an eye doctor until she recently started complaining about blurry vision, and her occupational therapist highly recommended this office and Dr. Erik. From the moment we arrived, Dr. Erik was incredibly calm, patient, and kind with her. He made her feel comfortable throughout the entire exam and all of the different tests, which made such a difference for a nervous first-time visit. He explained everything in a way that was very easy for us to understand and helped us feel informed and reassured every step of the way. We found out she does need glasses, and he even went above and beyond helping her pick out a cute pair she felt confident and excited about wearing. We are so grateful for the care, compassion, and extra effort shown to our family. Highly recommend Child and Family Vision Center and Dr. Erik!
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Hours & Location

We have convenient hours and are easy to find!

  • 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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At Child and Family Vision Center, we not only offer comprehensive eye exams and prescribe glasses or contacts, but we take our time to listen to your story and develop a complete picture of your ocular and medical history. Your eye health and peace of mind are important to us.