Caretaker & Client Resources

Children’s Eye Health

Prevent Blindness Texas offers vision resources to both adults and children to ensure all individuals have access to eye health and safety services. Do you or someone in your family need their vision checked or do you need follow-up resources? PBT can connect you to vision services, assist with vision benefits, and walk you through the process to connect you to the eye health resources you need.

Your Child’s Sight: Getting Your Child Ready to See for School

Your Child’s Sight: Getting Your Child Ready to See for School

Getting Your Child Ready for School

Vision plays an important role in your child's physical, mental, and social development. Uncorrected vision problems can impair child development,...

Vision plays an important role in your child's physical, mental, and social development. Uncorrected vision problems can impair child development,...

Guidelines for Children’s Vision Health

Guidelines for Children’s Vision Health

Guidelines for Children’s Vision Health

Prevent Blindness recommends a continuum of eye care for children to include both vision screening and comprehensive eye...

Prevent Blindness recommends a continuum of eye care for children to include both vision screening and comprehensive eye...

Protect Your Child from Eye Injuries

Protect Your Child from Eye Injuries

Protect Your Child from Eye Injuries

Accidents involving common household products cause 125,000 eye injuries each year. Every 13 minutes, an emergency room treats a sports-...

Accidents involving common household products cause 125,000 eye injuries each year. Every 13 minutes, an emergency room treats a sports-...

Safe Toy Checklist

Too often, accidents involving children and toys occur and may result in eye injuries. Each year, thousands of children age 14 and younger suffered...

Too often, accidents involving children and toys occur and may result in eye injuries. Each year, thousands of children age 14 and younger suffered...

Signs of Possible Eye Problems in Children

Signs of Possible Eye Problems in Children

Signs of Possible Eye Problems in Children

If one or more of these signs appear, take your child to an eye doctor right away. What do your child's eyes look like? Eyes don't line up, one eye...

If one or more of these signs appear, take your child to an eye doctor right away. What do your child's eyes look like? Eyes don't line up, one eye...

Your Child’s Eye Care

Your Child’s Eye Care

Your Child’s Eye Care

Prevent Blindness recommends a continuum of eye care for children that can include both vision screening and comprehensive eye exams. All...

Prevent Blindness recommends a continuum of eye care for children that can include both vision screening and comprehensive eye exams. All...

Your Baby’s Developing Sight

Your Baby’s Developing Sight

Your Child’s Developing Vision

Without good vision, a child's ability to learn about the world becomes more difficult. Vision problems affect one in 20 preschoolers and one in four...

Without good vision, a child's ability to learn about the world becomes more difficult. Vision problems affect one in 20 preschoolers and one in four...

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Your Child’s Glasses

Whether your child's glasses are for close up or distance vision, it's important that he or she wear them exactly as prescribed by the eye doctor. You...

Whether your child's glasses are for close up or distance vision, it's important that he or she wear them exactly as prescribed by the eye doctor. You...

More Resources

Common Children’s Vision Problems
Children’s Screen Time
Helping Hints for Dealing with Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)
Home and Toy Eye Safety for Children
Protecting Your Child’s Eyes from the Sun
The Affordable Care Act and Your Child’s Eyes – Prevent Blindness Texas

Eye Patch Choices
Make Patch Time Count
Tips for Patch Compliance