Childcare Vision Screening
Vision screening is generally for children between the ages of 3 to 8. Toddlers are at an age where they are developing their sensory and motor skills, as well as, visual skills needed for our daily activities such as reading, writing, hand-eye coordination. They are also at the age most prone to onset of lazy eye and eye turns. This is why toddler’s are at a great advantage for early detection and prompt management of eye and vision disorders.
Vision Vibes Orthoptics run screening programs to investigate areas such as vision, eye alignment and eye movements, depth perception and control of “eye teaming” in 3-5 age group.
Provided with parental or guardian consent, Vision Vibes may also assess visual milestones in babies aged 6 months and older.
Preschool & Primary School Vision Screening
Vision screening at school will involve a mini consultation with your child’s teacher in regards to his/her learning performance and visual attention. The orthoptist will also take into account underlying concerns provided by parents preceding the session. School vision screening programs are slightly more thorough than childcare screening as they may include additional testing of visual perception skills and objective assessment of eye movements during reading tasks
At School Vision Therapy Sessions
Routinal orthoptic follow up sessions may be conducted at the child’s educational institution given permissions have been provided by all parties involved. These sessions will run for a maximum of 60 minutes. A report will be sent by e-mail to the child’s guardians and a 15 minute Zoom Consultation can be arranged for further information.
Teachers' Education Presentation
Learning difficulties and poor performance at school are often attributed to other factors such as child’s misbehaviour or learning disability such as dyslexia or a neuro-developmental disorder such as ADHD or Autism.
However, visual problems can be too small to be noticed by the person but too large to create an educational impact.
Our presentations are designed to help teachers recognise vision-related learning challenges in children and better understand how to help them.
The sessions usually go for an 1.5 hours with the last 30 minutes left open for discussion. The sessions can operate face to face or via Zoom.
The presentation topics are constantly evolving and topic suggestions are strongly encouraged in order to provide attendees with the most valuable information.
Screening programs will only be conducted given a written consent was provided by the child’s parents or guardians. Following the session, parents will receive a brief report discussing the results of the session.