Our Mission: To Prevent Blindness and Preserve Sight

Founded in 1908, Prevent Blindness touches the lives of millions of people each year through public and professional education, advocacy, certified vision screening and training, community and patient service programs and research. Find out more at PreventBlindness.org

  • Children's Vision Screening Training and Certification

    The Prevent Blindness Children’s Vision Screening Certification Course provides participants with a 3-year, nationally recognized certificate based on current national guidelines and best practices on evidence-based vision screening tools and procedures for school- and preschool-aged children.  The course is intended for professionals in early care and education programs, as well as school, childcare, public health, and primary healthcare settings.

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  • Glaucoma Educator Course

    The Glaucoma Educator Course is a free, self-guided online course for healthcare professionals and community health educators. The course equips health educators with important patient education messages about glaucoma and strategies for maintaining healthy vision. The objective is to train communty health educators to deliver patient education about glaucoma and the methods for prevention and vision preservation to those who are at highest risk for developing glaucoma.

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Prevent Blindness Children's Vision Screening Training and Certification Courses

“The Prevent Blindness Children’s Vision Screening Certification Course is so amazing and I hope that all schools, clinics, or any place that does vision screenings are able to get this resource and incorporate this course into their training.

I have been screening vision for eight years now and I can truly say that this course emphasized how critical poor vision can impact children and their behaviors, as well as their learning.

I work with children in Head Start, so I was reminded how critical the follow-up process for failed vision screenings are. Poor vision can lead to blindness if not followed up.  Everything I learned from this course will definitely be incorporated into my screenings.”

Zong Her, CMA-Child Wellness Service Provider, Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties Head Start, MN

Prevent Blindness and Population Health

Prevent Blindness maintains the only national children's vision screening training and certification course. The National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness ensures that all training programs promote evidence-based methods and tools for children's vision screening programs as part of broader systems of health and eye care.

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Other Educational Resources at Prevent Blindness

These educational resources are available free of charge directly from the Prevent Blindness website:

The Diabetes & the Eyes Educational Toolkit

Healthy Eyes Educational Series

Small Steps for Big Vision

Star Pupils Eye Health and Safety Curriculum