vision impairment

Each June,  the Pharmacy Council on Child Vision Care reminds youngsters and their parents about the importance of caring for their eyes. The mission of Child Vision Awareness Month has three parts:

1. To better educate and counsel the public on children’s vision problems and detection of eye diseases in children and infants,
2. To increase the number of school-aged children who have an eye exam by an eye doctor, and
3. To increase the number of children with learning disabilities who have a developmental vision exam to rule out vision problems.

The Hadley School for the Blind is acknowledging this month by highlighting four of its family education classes, including:

1. Low Vision and School-Age Children
2. Braille Teaching Methods for Children
3. How to Be Your Child’s Advocate
4. Parenting Children with Multiple Disabilities

BVCIL is acknowledging this month with media posts and an interactive display about how children, youth, and their parents can succeed in education and life with a vision impairment.

For additional information about this initiative, please contact Pharmacists Planning Service, Inc. (PPSI), c/o Pharmacy Council on Child Vision Care, 101 Lucas Valley Road, Suite 382, San Rafael, CA 94903.