Emu Park Lions have now joined The Lions Eye Health Program’s (LEHP) national Children’s Vision Screening Program.
Lions members and a few community volunteers are vision screeners having completed training approved by the Centre for Eye Health and are actively coordinating with local schools to provide free vision screening for students.
This is an important program as it is imperative that eye disorders are identified and treated early to reduce the impact on children’s development.
Did you know?
- 80% of a child’s learning is processed through their eyes
- Along with allergies and asthma, eye disorders are the most common long-term health problems suffered by children.
- 1 in 5 children have an undetected vision condition.
During this screening program children are checked for:
- visual acuity (longer distance)
- colour vision perception
- depth perception (binocular function at near tasks)
- spot vision screening to detect issues with:
- myopia (nearsightedness)
- Hyperopia (farsightedness)
- Astigmatism (blurred vision)
- Anisomeropia (unequal refractive power)
- Binocular vision (eye misalignmen)
- Anisocoria (unequal pupil size).
The school informs parents/guardians of screening results, highlighting areas of concern that should be referred on to an Optometrist for further examination if required.