Vision Screenings
Parents and teachers mistakenly assume simple vision screenings are comprehensive eye exams, providing a false sense of security that their children are receiving proper vision care and leading to potential undiagnosed vision problems.
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While most simple vision screenings are only designed to diagnose distance vision, when asked “what is a simple vision screening typically offered at schools designed to detect?” most parents and teachers think they are much more extensive.
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More than 57 percent of parents and teachers thought screenings checked for near vision.
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Sixty-two percent thought screenings diagnosed focusing problems.
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More than two-thirds (69 percent) thought screenings uncovered eye teaming issues (how eyes work together as a team).
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More than half (54 percent) assumed screenings checked eye tracking (following words across a line of text when reading).
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Nearly 38 percent cited eye-body coordination checks as part of a vision screening.
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More than half thought letter reversal problems were addressed by vision screenings.
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More than 42 percent assumed visual perception skills were tested by simple vision screenings (such as distinguishing similar words or objects, remembering characters in correct order).
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Further illustrating the confusion, 40 percent of parents and teachers think that simple vision screenings offered at schools are sufficient to ensure that preschoolers have the proper vision to reach their maximum potential in school, while 5 percent say they “don’t know” enough information to formulate an opinion.
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Nearly 10 percent of parents and teachers say they “don’t know” whether their school offers vision screenings with a full 20 percent of teachers unaware.
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