Read the Guidance for Professional Practice on examining younger children
Read the Guidance for Professional Practice.
Find out more about getting a higher qualification in Paediatric eye care.
Read our ethical scenarios and decide what you would do in these situations.
New programme marks National Eye Health Week 2025 by sharing a special story about eye care with nurseries.
Imogen Hawthorne MCOptom explains how her portfolio career has flourished.
Clinical files: Is a 6-year-old child too young for contact lenses?
The College's position on the use of Chloramphenicol POM in paediatric populations.
In the September issue of Optometry in Practice, we discuss the importance of establishing a new framework for eye care in special schools
This article provides optometrists with a framework to meet the eye care needs of children with significant learning disabilities.
Becky McCall looks at how the latest research has linked air pollution with eye health, and the advice to give patients on how to protect themselves.
Half of those with anterior uveitis carry the HLA-B27 antigen on their white blood cells. Kim Thomas explores the role this genetic association plays in eye disorders.
The clinical figures that count.
Child vision screening 2019 – services are available but still work to do.
This article reviews the evidence to support the optometric management of childhood myopia.
You may have read a recent article highlighting parents concern for their children’s eyesight at school.
College responds to UKNSC consultation on childhood vision screening.
Clinical files: Can you carry out a sight test without parental consent?
This review describes the typical characteristics and development of fixational, saccadic and smooth pursuit eye movements in children.
This study evaluated a training programme aimed at increasing teachers’ knowledge and awareness of childhood vision problems.