Children’s Vision Screening Certification Program for Head Starts, Neighborhood Health Centers and Schools
Some childhood vision problems, if left untreated even for a short time, can result in permanent vision loss. Screening for amblyopia, amblyogenic risk factors, and other vision conditions that interfere with the healthy growth, development and education of a child is critically important in early childhood and throughout the school years. The Prevent Blindness America Children’s Vision Screening Training Program provides a three year certification in vision screening protocol and techniques.
Eyes on Capitol Hill
Two advocates traveled from Boston to Washington, DC on March 2, 2009, to meet with legislators and share their personal experiences with childhood vision loss and recovery through diagnosis and treatment. These young people joined advocates from across the country to educate Members of Congress and Congressional staff regarding the impact that vision health has on quality of life. For more information on how you can support vision-related issues on a national level, see www.preventblindness.org/advocacy
The Cambridge Vision Team
Helen Keller was the first blind/deaf person to graduate from college; she was an alumnus of Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA. Today, young women on the Radcliffe campus earn degrees from Harvard University and a group of male and female undergraduates have joined with students enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to volunteer as vision screeners in local homeless shelters and early childhood education organizations.
“Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful”
- Helen Keller
National Association of School Nurse’s Conference, Boston, MA
June, 2009
