Pediatric Vision Screening Kit

The Good-Lite Company's newest kits - the Pediatric Vision Screening Starter Kit and the Preschool Vision Screening Kit - includes tests and materials to meet the American Academy of Pediatrics' vision screening guidelines¹. Good-Lite launched this kit at the AAP's 2006 conference in Atlanta. You can add materials to either kit to individualize the kit to your group or state. Both kits were created in partnership with the West Virginia University Vision Initiative for Children.

You can use the Pediatric Vision Screening Starter Kit for screening your patients from age 3 through high school. The new kit includes the following items:

• Sloan letter chart (Snellen)- For distance visual acuity screening of older children
• WVU Vision Initiative for Children Wall Chart with Lea Symbols and HOTV- For distance visual acuity screening of children ages 3, 4, and 5 with Lea Symbols and for distance visual acuity screening of older children with HOTV
• Random Dot E - For screening ocular alignment of children ages 3 through high school
• Fun Occluder Frames - For distance visual acuity screening of younger children
• Translucent Occluder - For conducting a cross cover test and for distance visual acuity screening of older children
• Information for distribution to parents:
• Importance of Preschool Vision Screening and Confirmatory Eye Exam
• Vision Developmental Milestones

How does the Pediatrician's Vision Screening Starter Kit meet the AAP vision screening guidelines? The following table describes the components of both the AAP vision screening guidelines and the Pediatrician's Vision Screening Starter Kit:

AAP VISUAL ACUITY MEASUREMENT GUIDELINES¹

Ages 3 and Older

Function	Tests	Good-Lite Product
Distance Visual Acuity	Snellen letters
	Snellen numbers
	Tumbling E
	HOTV
	Allen figures
	Lea symbols
Ocular Alignment	Cross cover test	Translucent Occluder
	Random Dot E
	Simultaneous red reflex
Ocular Media Clarity	Red reflex

You can use the Preschool Vision Screening Kit for screening children from age 3 through high school. The new kit includes the following items:

• Handheld LEA Symbols/HOTV Flipchart or Wall-Mounted Chart
• Cord for measuring 10-foot testing distance
• Fun Occluder Frames
• Training CD with screening directions
• Coupon for 30 minutes of screening support
• Face-to-Face workshop available*

You can also add other tests from Good-Lite to individualize this kit.

*Education experts suggest that when adults learn a new skill, such as using equipment to screen vision, training is enhanced when adults have the opportunity to practice the new skill and receive feedback when using the new skill. Preschool vision screening experts suggest that adequate training to screen vision is necessary and that inadequately trained vision screeners may modify test protocols and significantly reduce the detection of amblyopia. Because up to 1 in 10 or 20 young children have vision disorders that may lead to permanent vision loss if these disorders and not detected and treated early, a face-to-face workshop that includes the opportunity to practice tests and receive instructor feedback is the preferred method for teaching others to screen vision.

1. American Academy of Pediatrics. (2003). Eye examination in infants, children, and young adults by pediatricians [Electronic version]. Retrieved September 28, 2006, from http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/pediatrics;111/4/902.pdf