Majority of children start school without ever having an eye examination.
Children across the country are gearing up for a new school year. Before heading back to the classroom, your Vision Source doctor recommends a visit to the optometrist. Healthy vision is an important part to the learning process and success in school. Reading, writing and computer work are among the visual skills that students are required to perform daily. However, studies show that most parents are not including eye exams as part of their child’s back-to-school health check-up.
It is important to keep in mind, a school vision screening, while helpful, is not a substitute for a comprehensive eye examination. Screenings vary in scope and are not designed to detect many visual problems that can significantly impact tasks like reading where more than clarity of vision is needed. Comprehensive eye exams performed by optometrists are essential for clear, comfortable and healthy vision. States including Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois have successfully established programs requiring mandatory eye exams for school-age children.
"In kindergarten we enter school for the first time with tears in our eyes and as seniors we leave the same way." Unknown source.
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