Prescribing Glasses and Contact Lenses for Children

Objectives:    To understand the general guidelines for prescribing spectacles for children 

To understand the ocular conditions which require spectacle correction for children 

To understand the indications for contact lenses for children

Reading assignment:    AAO Preferred Practice Pattern Guidelines - Pediatric Eye Evaluations PPP section on Eyeglasses and Refractive Errors and Refractive Surgery PPP section on Contact Lenses