Vision Checklist For Children
| Paying attention to your child's vision is essential as it directly impacts their learning and daily activities. If you observe any of these signs in your child, it could indicate vision problems. A comprehensive vision assessment at Fitzroy North Eye Centre helps identify and address these concerns early, ensuring your child's visual health. Schedule an eye test with us if your little one: |
- Complains of blurred vision
- Complains of headaches or eyestrain
- Sits too close when reading or writing
- Has poor reading comprehension
- Squints or blinks often
- Frequently loses their place when reading or copying from the board
- Skips words or lines or needs to use their finger as a guide
- Moves their head excessively when reading
- Has a short attention span
- Covers or closes one eye when reading
- Has poor body posture or shows unusual head turns when reading
- Complains of words moving or jumbling on the page
- Rubs their eyes frequently
- Struggles knowing right from left
- Persistently reverses letters and numbers
- Writes their name from right to left
- Experiences challenges with well-known letter clusters
- Has difficulty recognising the same word repeated on a page
- Mistakes words with similar beginnings
- Displays poor spacing in writing and an inability to stay on the line
- Can respond orally but has difficulty producing written answers
- Has difficulty remembering what has been read
- Reads slowly
- Spells poorly
- Has an eye that turns in or out
- Feels tired when reading
- Has watery eyes or red eyes
- Is sensitive to light
- Displays frequent clumsiness
- Experiences blurry vision when changing from reading to distance viewing
- Experiences double vision
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| Don't leave your child's vision to chance! Ensure their success in learning and life by scheduling a pediatric eye test at our Fitzroy North practice. |
