Welcome to the Iowa Optometric Association’s Children’s Vision website!
Did you know?
- Approximately 80% of all learning during a child’s first 12 years comes through vision.
- One in ten children is at risk of developing eye and vision problems by the age of 18, yet only 14% of children from infancy to age six have had a comprehensive eye assessment from an eye care professional.
The Iowa Optometric Association recognizes the importance of vision as it relates to learning in children. We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the children’s vision programs that the Iowa Optometric Association and its’ members are involved with:
InfantSEE®
The American Optometric Association (AOA) and the Vision Care Institute of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. have partnered to create InfantSEE®, a no-cost public health program, to identify the potential for eye and vision problems in infants in their first year of life – one of the most critical stages of development.
Through InfantSEE®, optometrists will provide a one time eye assessment to infants between six and 12 months of age, offering early detection of potential eye and vision problems, at no cost, regardless of income. This visit to the optometrist is complementary to the routine well-care exams a baby receives at the pediatrician’s office.
208 Iowa optometrists have joined approximately 7,500 volunteer optometrists across the nation offering comprehensive, no-cost assessments. For a listing of InfantSEE® providers in your area, log on to www.infantsee.org.