
VISION FOR CHILDREN

Through Vision For Children, our goal is to support children to achieve the clearest vision possible and optimal visual performance for their health, development, learning, and wellbeing.
Our Sunbury practice is a safe place for a diverse range of children and their families.
We conduct children’s eye examinations ensuring healthy eyes, clear vision, and efficient visual skills for learning and life.
We provide assessments and treatments for visual conditions affecting children, both in early childhood and throughout their school years.
We work together with families, schools, doctors, and other professionals to provide the highest level of care for the benefit of the child.
We communicate clearly with you, and provide reports for doctors, allied health, education, and welfare professionals.

VISION DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE:
Stares at surroundings when awake
Momentarily holds gaze on bright lights or bright objects
Blinks at bright lights like a camera flash
Eyes and head move together
BIRTH - 6 WEEKS
Eyes begin to follow moving objects or people
Watches faces when being spoken to
Begins to watch their own hands
Eyes move in active inspection of surroundings
While sitting, looks at hand, food, bottle
Looks for and watches distant objects
8 - 24 WEEKS
May turn eyes inward when inspecting close objects
Watches activity in surrounds for longer periods of time
Looks for dropped items
Visually inspects objects that can be held
Visually responds to smiles, voices, and people
30 - 48 WEEKS
Uses both hands and visually steers hand activity
Visually interested in simple pictures
Often holds objects very close to eyes to inspect
Points to people or objects using words like “look” or “see”
12 - 18 MONTHS
Begins to visually inspect objects without needing to touch
Smiles and facial brightening when viewing favourite objects
Watches own hands while scribbling
Visually explores and steers own walking and climbing
Watches and imitates other children
Starts to keep drawing within the page
24 - 36 MONTHS



Complains of blurred vision
Complains of headaches or eye strain, especially with near work
Poor reading comprehension which worsens over time
Squinting, blinking, eye rubbing, or holding reading materials close
EYE FOCUS DIFFICULTIES
Regularly loses place when reading or copying from the board
Skips words or lines, needs to use their finger as a guide
Excessive head movement when reading
Short attention span
EYE MOVEMENT DIFFICULTIES
Covers or closes eyes when reading
Unusual head turn or poor posture when reading
Complains of words moving or jumbling on the page
EYE COORDINATION DIFFICULTIES
Persistent reversal of letters and numbers
Writes their name from right to left
Incorrect order of well-known letter clusters
VISUAL-SPATIAL DIFFICULTIES
Difficulty recognising the same word repeated on a page
Mistakes words with similar beginnings
VISUAL ANALYSIS DIFFICULTIES
Poor spacing of writing and inability to stay on the line
Difficulty copying from the board
Can respond verbally but has difficulty producing written answers