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Lions KidSight USA Vision Screening - Courtesy of the Athens Lions Club

Vision Screening Program

The Athens Lions Club is a proud participant in the Lions KidSight USA Vision Screening Program. With a grant from the Lions Club International Foundation, our club was able to obtain new vision screening equipment for visual acuity (as part of a larger grant for our Ohio Lions District OH-7).

Our club is able to perform vision screening of children from preschool through high school. We have screened children in the Athens City School System over the last several years in both preschool as well as kindergarten. We have performed screening events through high school ages (and even adults) at other events throughout Ohio.

Note - when contemplating a vision screening for your school, please consider the following:

Are screeners required to have a current criminal background check? (this may limit availability)
Screening equipment for visual acuity includes the currently approved 5' crowded LEA symbol vision kits for preschool and Kindergarten age children. Our club also owns a PlusOptix S12C autorefractor - which has not been "approved" by the State of Ohio Department of Health, but provides a wealth of valuable information (a rough prescription of each eye for the individual being screened)..
Parental consent is a requirement for our ability to screen each child. Please be sure to include a discussion with us of how that will be obtained and documented - we do have a standard parental approval form we can use if your school doesn't have something suitable.
In addition to visual acuity, we may also screen as follows (and we follow State of Ohio Department of Health for recommended screening tests by school age group):
- Visual observation for eye health (all clients)
- Steropsis (Using the PASS-2 card system, Pre, K and 1st grade) - note that this is NOT required when screening with the 5' crowded LEA symbol kit.
- Ocular muscle balance (no longer required by State of Ohio Dept. of Health, 1st grade)
- Color Deficit (color blindness) in male children (typically as a first screening at preschool, Kintergarten and/or first grade) using a standardized color plate booklet.

For more information, contact us by email at: athensohiolionsclub@gmail.com.

Vision Screening Team Resources

Provided below are links to vision screening team resources used by our club, and posted here to be available for other Lions KidSight vision screening teams.