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*Children Vision Screening Training State Certification*
ORGANIZATION: Prevent Blindness Texas--Dallas
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Dear Community Partner:
Are you a school nurse, eye care professional, community outreach worker, or parent volunteer looking to identify children with a vision problem? If so, Prevent Blindness Texas invites you to join us on Tuesday, October 25 to attend the Children’s Vision Screening Training, which will be focused on empowering community health educators, outreach workers, public health professionals, community or senior center program directors, school nurses, safety directors, or employers looking for an education and training on eye health and safety.
Young children with vision problems often do not know that the way they see the world is not the way everyone sees it. Yet, vision problems affect 1 in 20 preschoolers. They also affect 1 in 4 school children. Without early detection and treatment, children's vision problems can lead to permanent vision loss and learning difficulties. Only an eye doctor can diagnose and treat a vision problem, but screenings help find children who need a full eye exam. While it will not detect all vision-related problems, screening is a simple, non-diagnostic procedure that tells whether a child has a possible vision problem.
Join Prevent Blindness Texas for the Children's Vision Screening Training to learn how to identify children with a vision problem and connect children and their families to the programs and services they will need to success. To be eligible for the course, you must be a high school graduate or have a GED.
Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Prevent Blindness Texas, 3610 Fairmount Street, Dallas, TX 75219
Participants will receive a Children's Vision Screening Certification if they successfully meet specified training criteria. Certification is valid for five (5) years.
For more information regarding the training or to register today, please click here. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Sonia Oladapo via email at soladapo@preventblindnesstexas.org. Please feel free to share this information with your staff and peers who might be interested in attending. We hope to see you there!
Regards,
Prevent Blindness Texas
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About Prevent Blindness Texas--Dallas
Location:
3610 Fairmount Street, Dallas, TX 75219, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Prevent Blindness Texas is to preserve sight, prevent blindness and enhance and extend the quality of life for all residents of the State of Texas.
Description
The Northeast regional office offers free children's (6 months to 18 years) vision screenings, vision and visual field screenings to adults, education programs (safety instruction in the workplace, children's programs and aging eyes programs for seniors) and free glasses to qualifying adults. Prevent Blindness Texas is a nonprofit, tax exempt, voluntary health organization devoted exclusively to vision preservation and prevention of blindness. It is affiliated with Prevent Blindness America.
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3610 Fairmount StDallas, TX 75219
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October 6, 2016
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