Infant & Children's Vision Toolkit

The following Infant & Children's Vision Resources are made possible by the InfantSEE and Children's Vision Committee of Optometry Cares - The AOA Foundation. This new resource kit has more than a dozen items for your practice, including a Chairside Guide for Vision Examination for various age ranges.

• Chairside Guide 0-3
• Chairside Guide 3-5
• Chairside Guide 6-12
• Chairside Guide 13-18
• Children's Examination Office Q&A Resource Guide
• Game Lists for Toddlers and Children
• Helpful Hints for Parents on Exam Day
• Optometrist Useful Links for Pediatric Care
• Sample Letter Before After Vision Therapy Results
• Sample Letter Referral to Occupational Therapist
• Sample Letter Referral to Optometric Colleague
• Sample Letter Request for School Accommodations
• Sample Patient History Infant (Birth Through Age Two)
• Sample Patient History Preschool Children
• Sample Patient History School Age Children
• Blue Light Impact in Children - InfoSheet
• Children and Vision PowerPoint Presentation

These materials should be used in conjunction with  AOA's Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline: Comprehensive Pediatric Eye and Vision Examination, (2017). This content provides a summary and is not intended to stand alone in assisting the clinician in making patient care decisions. These recommendations include but are not limited to the areas, procedures and recommendations listed. Professional judgment and individual symptoms, findings and developmental level may significantly influence the nature and course of the examination.

These resources relate to pediatric care, the diagnosis and management of binocular vision and perception problems, and the utilization of optometric vision therapy.

• Definition of Optometric Vision Therapy, November 2009
• Impact of Computer Use on Children's Vision (fact sheet), June 2009, Revised August 2015
• The Use of Tinted Lenses and Colored Overlays for the Treatment of Dyslexia and other Related Reading and Learning Disorders (position paper), April 2004, Reviewed August 2015
• Vision, Learning and Dyslexia (joint policy statement), March 1997 / June 2009, Revised August 2015
• Vision Therapy (joint policy statement), June 1999, Revised August 2015