October is Children's Vision Month!
From September 23 to November 4, Doctors of Optometrist Canada will run a Children’s Vision Month Sweepstake at www.DOCcontest.com.
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Sweepstake!
From September 23 to November 4, Doctors of Optometrist Canada will run a Children’s Vision Month Sweepstake at www.DOCcontest.com.
The sweepstake will be hosted on Facebook, open to people 18 years of age or older.
Prizes include:
Five weekly Sweepstakes prizes consisting of an HP Pavilion x360 hybrid laptop and a $300 in goods and services from a Doctor of Optometry (excluding eye exams)
Grand Prize, valued at $5,200, including:
- An ENVY Recline touchscreen computer and Officejet Pro 8600 printer
- $500 gift certificate to a sporting goods store of the winner’s choice
- $250 gift certificate to Indigo stores
- $300 in goods and services from a Doctor of Optometry (excluding eye exams)
- $2,500 contribution towards an RESP or other educational savings plan.
Undiagnosed vision problems affect children’s learning and development
Regular eye exams encouraged to ensure proper vision
Ottawa, Canada, October 1, 2014 – October is Children’s Vision Month and Doctors of OptometryCanada are reminding parents to take their children for a yearly eye exam. At school, socially and in play,vision problems can prevent children from reaching their full potential. With 80 per cent of learningbased on vision, an eye exam from a Doctor of Optometry is the best way to help ensure childrenachieve optimal learning and development, now and in the future.
“A comprehensive eye exam can make a real difference in how well a child performs at school – muchmore so than a simple sight test or school vision screening,” says Dr. M.K. Randhawa. “For school-age children, several different visual skills must work together so theycan see and understand clearly. By ensuring your child has healthy vision, you are helping enable themto play, learn, socialize and fully experience everything that life has to offer.”
One-in-four school-age children has a vision problem and many of these problems have no obvioussymptoms, so there is no way for parents to know if their child is the one. Since children have no pointof comparison, most accept their vision as normal because they don’t know any differently. As a result,many children with impaired visual skills can become withdrawn and perform below their potential inschool. Some children are even misdiagnosed as having a learning disability.
“Research tells us that most parents mistakenly believe that they would know if their child had a visionproblem. But the truth is, with no easy-to-detect symptoms, it is impossible to know without an eyeexam,” says Dr. M.K. Randhawa. Children don’t need to be able to read to have an eye exam.
Doctors of Optometry recommend infantshave their first eye examination between six and nine months of age. Children should have at least oneeye exam between the ages of two and five, and yearly after starting school to ensure optimal vision anddevelopment. Booking an eye exam is the best way to ensure your child sees well.
About Children’s Vision Month
Children’s Vision Month occurs annually in October and is dedicated to raising awareness of the impactundiagnosed vision problems can have on children’s learning and development. It is an initiative of theCanadian Association of Optometrists and the 10 provincial optometric associations.
About Doctors of Optometry Canada
Doctors of Optometry are health care specialists trained to diagnose, treat and help prevent diseasesand disorders affecting the eyes, and also assist in identifying general health conditions that are oftenfirst detected through an eye exam. Doctor of Optometry-recommended treatments for patients caninclude eyeglasses, contact lenses, special low vision aids, eye coordination exercises, drug therapies, vision therapy or referral to appropriate specialists for advanced medical, surgical or laser treatments.
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