Our Screening Eyes Early (SEE) program screens preschoolers\u2019 vision and makes referral to eye doctors for vision concerns found during the \u2018eye game\u2019 screening process. Since 1 in 20 preschool children has amblyopia (\u201clazy eye\u201d), and as it is a condition that be successfully corrected if detected\/treated before the age of 10, our trained volunteers participate excitedly in this very necessary program. While this is a primary goal, other eye conditions can also be found through the screening\/examining of the eyes which may not have been previously noticed. Letters to parents advise them to see a physician\/eye clinic for further testing\/diagnosis of their child. Follow-up is done by the AL San Jose SEE program chairs and by the preschools. It\u2019s all about the child!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Our Screening Eyes Early (SEE) program screens preschoolers\u2019 vision and makes referral to eye doctors for vision concerns found during the \u2018eye game\u2019 screening process. Since 1 in 20 preschool children has amblyopia (\u201clazy eye\u201d), and as it is a condition that be successfully corrected if detected\/treated before the age of 10, our trained volunteers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17380,"featured_media":5320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n