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.
The College of Optometrists has published a new online course for members to enhance their clinical expertise in myopia management.
As we leave summer behind and head towards winter, growing demands on the NHS will no doubt fill news headlines.
The clinical figures that count.
Kellie Smith looks at how much parents know about eye exams for children and whether it’s an opportunity for optometrists to specialise the care they provide.
About 25,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with NF1, yet many have never heard of the condition. It has ocular signs and symptoms, so what do optometrists need to know?
This course covers aspects of myopia and risk factors for progression in children. It will help you advise parents, caregivers, and patients on the available management options.
The College of Optometrists has announced a new undergraduate research grant, the Angela Bishop Undergraduate Research Scholarships for Paediatric Optometry and Binocular Vision.
Chris Steele FCOptom, new Clinical Editor of Acuity, on change as a positive factor
Eye health issues that are making the news.
Hyperopia can be associated with reduced vision and educational outcomes but is easily overlooked. Helen Bird discovers the importance of detecting and correcting it in children, and how to address the challenge of communicating the need to parents.