Pediatric Eyecare Resources

By understanding how to screen and manage pediatric cataracts, ophthalmologists can provide improved patient visual outcomes.

A Guide to Pediatric Cataracts

For pediatric patients, optometrists should ask parents specific questions about the developmental history of their child to guide the treatment plan.

Obtaining Developmental History for Pediatric Exams with Downloadable Checklist

As a medical student, you may encounter a range of common ocular pathologies and clinical situations during a pediatrics rotation. Learn how to best utilize this rotation on your journey to becoming an ophthalmologist.

Eyes on Peds: Ophthalmology Advice For Your Pediatrics Rotations

JIA-U is a serious, sight-threatening condition meriting awareness and study. Review the fundamentals of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and uveitis as well as the screening guidelines for JIA-U and the recommended consensus treatment algorithm.

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Pediatric Uveitis

Contact lenses can be a safe and effective option for children wanting to be glasses-free. Learn how provider, parent, and patient can best cover the many considerations.

Assessing a Pediatric Patient for Contact Lens Readiness

There are a wide variety of techniques that can be employed when doing a pediatric eye exam. Here are top tips, along with a handy cheat sheet, to help you examine and prescribe for your youngest patients.

The Pediatric Eye Exam Quick Look Handbook with Cheat Sheet

Gain a working knowledge the diagnostic criteria, screening tools, and treatment options for retinoblastoma—the most common intraocular cancer amongst the pediatric population.

Retinoblastoma: Diagnosing and Treating Pediatric Tumors

There is a clear role for contact lenses in children distinct from the armamentarium of common daily wear lenses. Gain confidence with the available lens types to succeed with your next routine—or challenging—pediatric lens fit.

Choosing the Right Contact Lenses for Pediatric Patients

Considering an optometry pediatric residency? Get guidance and inside information from residency directors from three of the country's top pediatric programs.

Pediatric Eyecare: Inside the Optometry Residency

There's something fun and exciting when it comes to seeing patients in a pediatric optometry exam, but it can also be challenging! Here are some tips.

How to Survive a Pediatric Optometry Exam

Here is your ultimate guide to pediatric eye exams. I'll share with you how I examine all of my pediatric patients who have very short attention spans!

Pediatric Eye Exams – Your Guide to Examining Children

Providing excellent patient care means understanding and empathizing with patient needs—and in pediatric exams, that can mean getting creative! Here are six tips for building trust and agency in your exam lane with your pediatric patients with special needs.

Six Tips for Optometrists Treating Children with Cerebral Palsy or Down Syndrome

Familiarize yourself with techniques optometrists can utilize for discussing amblyopia and available treatment protocols with patients and parents.

How to Talk to Patients and Parents about Amblyopia

Review a detailed case report on myelinated retinal nerve fiber-associated amblyopia with clinical pearls for managing the condition using dichoptic therapy.