PEDIATRIC EYE EXAMS
Pediatric eye exams are essential for your child's development. Regular check-ups at 6-12 months, 3 years, and prior to starting school can help identify potential vision issues early on, allowing for timely intervention when necessary. This ensures your children will have the visual resources they need.
Are Vision Screenings Enough?
Due to limitations with pediatrician and school vision screenings, common vision conditions can be missed. It is important to understand that these screenings are not a substitute for a thorough examination performed by an eye doctor who can identify visual conditions that may impact a child’s ability to learn.
Preschool Vision Exams
Children experience drastic growth in intellectual and motor skills between 3 to 5 years of age. During this time they will develop the fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination and perceptual abilities that will prepare them to read and write, play sports, and participate in creative activities such as drawing, sculpting, or building. All of these skills are dependent on good vision and visual processes.
For this reason, parents should be on the lookout for signs of lazy eye (amblyopia) or crossed eyes (strabismus) . The earlier these conditions are treated, the higher the success rate.
Comprehensive Exams for Students
Experts say 80% of learning is visual, which means addressing your child's vision can enhance academic performance and well-being.
Along with checking for eye sight, prescription glasses, and eye health, our comprehensive exams include a basic assessment of visual skills essential for academic performance, including eye tracking, eye focusing, eye teaming, and depth perception.
What to Expect At An
Eye Exam
At Pediatric Vision Development Center, a child's eye exam is designed to be both effective and engaging. Younger children may identify pictures instead of letters, and interactive play is often used to assess their vision. We conduct a variety of tests to screen for eye conditions, ensuring your child's vision is healthy as they grow.
As Developmental Optometrists, we utilize specific clinical and diagnostic tools to determine your child’s visual abilities. Our comprehensive eye exams assess your child for the ability to see distant and near objects, accurate eye movements, comfortable and efficient vision when reading, depth perception, and more.
Vision and Special Needs
Our office provides eye exams and vision therapy for special needs children and adults with a variety of developmental delays, including nonverbal individuals. Dr. Shadeed and Dr. Rouw have many years of experience working with children and adults with special needs, including helping organize and volunteering annually at Special Olympics Georgia Healthy Eyes vision screening events.
Due to our unique office set up, we are able to provide a calm atmosphere with one on one care. For some patients, coming into an unfamiliar office may be overwhelming so we like to give patients a chance to tour our office before starting their eye exam.
We gladly partner with several organizations to serve those in our community with special needs. Visit our Resources page to learn more.
What is InfantSEE?
InfantSEE is a public health program designed to ensure that eye and vision care is an integral part of an infant's wellness care. Under this program, AOA-member optometrists provide a no-cost comprehensive eye and vision assessment for infants 6-12 months old regardless of a family's income or access to insurance coverage. Our office participates in the InfantSEE program and administers early intervention exams at both of our office locations.
During an assessment, we will test for excessive or unequal amounts of nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism, eye movement ability, eye health problems, and discuss patient and family history. Comprehensive eye and vision care is important to detect problems early to ensure babies have the opportunity to develop the visual abilities they need to grow and learn.