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 also provides 5 contact hours for professional development.
The Prevent Blindness Children’s Vision Screening Certification Course is appropriate for professionals in early care and education programs, as well as school, childcare, public health, and primary healthcare settings.
The Prevent Blindness course content will meet the vision screening needs, for example, of the following individuals:
Participants will learn:
- Common vision disorders in children,
- How to use evidence-based and age-appropriate tools for vision screening,
- How to enhance your screening programs to improve follow-up to eye care for referred children, and
- How to gain access to several educational resources.
What is Certification, and How Long is it Valid?
Successful completion of the course will result in a three-year nationally recognized certification in Children’s Vision Screening provided by Prevent Blindness.
If you conduct vision screenings in a state that does NOT have an affiliate-led course, or state-specific training, then you may enroll in either our national preschool course OR our combined national preschool and school-age course.
Georgia
Iowa
North Carolina
Ohio
Texas
Wisconsin
Please Note: the school-aged version of our certification training course includes an additional lesson 9 covering topics relating specifically to screening school-aged children. If you purchase this course, you do NOT need to take the preschool-aged course as that material is included in this course.
