EYEDUCATION

infantSEE

Inspired by the book Hello, Cupcake! InfantSEE® is a public health program that is designed to ensure that eye care becomes an integral part of infant wellness care.  If your child is between 6 months and 12 months old, an InfantSEE® provider will perform a one-time comprehensive infant eye assessment at no cost to you.  This allows the …

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vision & learning

Not only is August back-to-school time for most kids, but it is also National Children’s Vision and Learning month.  I discussed the importance of eye examinations in school-aged children in the previous post.  Here, I will go into a little more detail on how a child’s vision and learning are related. Learning, particularly in the form …

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back-to-school eye exams

For many parents, the next few weeks will be filled with orientations, school supply lists, sports physicals, and immunizations.  If you are in that boat, be sure to include a visit to your eye doctor to have your child’s eyes examined before starting the school year.  Experts estimate that as much as 80% of learning …

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summer sun safety

Inspired by the book What’s New, Cupcake? The season that we were all dreaming of during Snowpocalypse has finally arrived!  But with the sweet summer sunshine comes dangerous UV radiation, and it is important to protect yourself from its harmful effects.   The majority of the sun’s energy can be classified as either visible light (that we see), …

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healthy vision month

  May is Healthy Vision Month (nei.nih.gov/hvm)!  Yes, I realize May is almost over.  In my defense, I wrote most of this article a couple of weeks ago.  It just took so long to post because I couldn’t decide on fonts for the blog…Even though I was visiting the eye doctor fairly regularly as a …

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