Vision Screening and Education for Children
80% of a child’s learning is visual, and yet 1 in 4 students in grades K-6 have vision problems that are serious enough to impede learning.
While early detection is key to treat vision problems, only one in three children in America has received eye care services before the age of six, and children from low-income households are more likely to be undiagnosed for vision problems.
Prevent Blindness Mid-Atlantic, in conjunction with Prevent Blindness America and its affiliates across the nation, has taken up the cause to give America’s children the opportunities for vision health and safety that they so sorely lack. Our children deserve to experience the success in education that healthy vision can bring. Across the nation we have launched starpupilsTM to make a difference in the lives of America’s children.
Children's Vision Programs
A special camera is used to take two pictures of a child's eyes which can then be interpreted for potential vision problems. This process does not require any response from the child. Read More
W.H.E.E.L.S. is a vision and hearing screening and education program designed to ensure that the next generation of starpupils starts school with all of the benefits of their healthy vision and hearing. Read More
The Certified Children’s Vision Screening Program was developed by a national panel of experts assembled to address the inadequacies and inconsistencies in Children Vision Screening across the nation. This screening program accurately and efficiently detects vision problems in school aged children, and is quickly becoming the “preferred method” for screening children in the state mandated school vision screenings. Read More
The PEERS program facilitates communication between eye care professionals and the medical home, reporting eye exam results for inclusion in the medical records of pediatric patients. Read More