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Children's Optometry

Children are not little adults as far as the testing parameters go for evaluation of visual function - we need to adapt and modify our testing protocol to meet the needs of the child.  Marissa Cassimatis is our resident paediatric optometrist and has a great approach to functional binocular vision evaluation.  Often issues arise from eye teaming and binocular vision dysfunction rather than just a "seeing" problem.  We take the time to engage with our paediatric patients and ensure that every effort is taken to give them the best start possible. 

When indicated our optometrist will perform appropriate comprehensive vision evaluation that includes assessment of:

• Visual Pathway Integrity including eye health, visual acuity and refractive status (for example, long-sightedness, astigmatism).
• Visual Efficiency including accommodation (focussing), binocular vision (eye alignment and teaming).
• Visual Information Processing including visual spatial skills (right/left discrimination), visual analysis skills (matching and discrimination skills), visual motor skills (required for drawing and handwriting), eye movement control skills and visual imagery skills.