Pediatric Optometry

Children with uncorrected vision conditions or eye health problems face many barriers in life ... academically ... socially ... and athletically. High-quality eye care can break down these barriers and help enable your children to reach their highest potential.

Vision doesn't just happen. A child's brain learns how to use eyes to see, just like it learns how to use legs to walk or a mouth to form words. The longer a vision problem goes undiagnosed and untreated, the more a child's brain learns to accommodate the vision problem.

That's why a comprehensive eye examination is so important for children. Early detection and treatment provide the very best opportunity to correct vision problems, so your child can learn to see clearly.

Eighty percent of all learning is performed through vision. Make sure your child has the best possible tools to learn successfully.

• Infant Vision: Birth to 24 Months of Age-
  • Babies learn to see, just like they learn to walk and talk. They are not born with all the visual abilities they need in life.

    Healthy eyes and good vision play a critical role in how infants and children learn to see. Eye and vision problems in infants can cause developmental delays.

• Preschool Vision: 2 to 5 Years of Age
  • The preschool years are a time for developing the visual abilities that a child will need in school and throughout his or her life.

    Steps taken during these years to help ensure vision is developing normally can provide a child with a good "head start" for school.

• School-aged Vision (6 to 18 years of age)
  • A child needs many abilities to succeed in school. Good vision is a key. It has been estimated that as much as 80% of the learning a child does occurs through his or her eyes.

  Information provided by the American Optometric Association