Children's eye health

Latest campaign

The College of Optometrists, Association of British Dispensing Opticians and the OSA partner in new campaign to raise awareness of the importance of children’s eye tests and better signposting for parents to children’s eye care professionals on the High Street.

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Jane Veys MCOptom on acronym ambivalence

Latest clinical files

Clinical files: Is a 6-year-old child too young for contact lenses?

Position statements

The College's position on the use of Chloramphenicol POM in paediatric populations.

More on examining children

The clinical figures that count.

Child vision screening 2019 – services are available but still work to do.

This article reviews the evidence to support the optometric management of childhood myopia.

You may have read a recent article highlighting parents concern for their children’s eyesight at school.

College responds to UKNSC consultation on childhood vision screening.

Clinical files: Can you carry out a sight test without parental consent?

This review describes the typical characteristics and development of fixational, saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movements in children.

This study evaluated a training programme aimed at increasing teachers’ knowledge and awareness of childhood vision problems.

Childhood visual impairment has implications for many aspects of the child’s development, including education and social interactions.

A clinical perspective on recent developments in the field of Infantile nystagmus (IN).

The current state of knowledge of the most common ocular/visual defects that eye care practitioners encounter in children with Down's syndrome.

This study aims to inform delivery of public health programmes directed at children most in need of community support.