Our pre-kindergarten vision screenings and Focused Futures partnerships help more children start school with proper eye care and the ability to develop early literacy skills.
Pre-K Vision Screenings
- Our free vision screenings for pre-kindergarten children – ages 0-6 – are conducted with an advanced hand-held Spot Vision Screener that is highly accurate in the determination of conditions such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatisms, strabismus, and amblyopia.
- Our Focused Futures partnerships connect qualifying families with affordable vision insurance and eye care services from participating professionals.
- The Spot Vision Screener works on children as young as 6 months and is especially effective for use with children who are on the autism spectrum, have other physical challenges, or have language difficulties.
- Families of children referred for care receive printed screening results to share with an eye care professional.
- We screen 5,000 or more children ages 0-6 in a year, and more than 13% of these children are found to have a visual impairment of some kind.
- Most of our screening events are held at preschools, in daycare centers, and during kindergarten registrations or orientations. Screenings for school-aged children also are available upon request.
- Our C. Well Bunny Goes to School education program also can be presented at screening events.
Focused Futures Partnerships
Our Focused Futures partnerships connect qualifying families of pre-kindergarten children we screen to free vision insurance and affordable eye exams, glasses, and treatments.Our Prevention Services Team
- Angela Hill – Prevention Specialist, Monroe
- Risthika Neopaney – Prevention Specialist, Lehigh Valley
- Colleen Rountree – Prevention Specialist, Lehigh Valley