August is National Children’s Vision & Learning Month

In case you didn’t know, August is National Children’s Vision and Learning Month. The focus of this month (no pun intended) is to stress the correlation between a child’s vision and learning.

August was declared National Children’s Vision & Learning Month in 1995.  The goal of  this national observance is to help educate parents and educators about the critical link between vision and learning.

Unfortunately, parents and educators often incorrectly assume that if a child passes a school vision screening, then there is no vision problem.  However, school vision screenings often only test for visual acuity.  In reality, the vision skills needed for successful reading and learning are much more complex.  A child who can see 20/20 can still have a vision problem.

For more information, visit visionforlearning.org.