Pediatric Visual Examination And Developmental Screening Procedures For The Private Practitioner.

This paper is intended to outIine areas of an optometric examination and areas relative to child development that an optometrist in private practice can investigate when a child or infant presents for a routine examinatlon or with signs and/or symptoms suggesting a possible developmental or learning problem. As a primary health care practitioner, an optometrist is often in an advantageous position for early detection of a potential area. This will depend however on the practitioner modifying his routine examination and incorporating some other tests designed to probe various developmental areas. The areas to be probed will vary of course depending on the age of the infant or child, but as the child gets older more tests and uniformity regarding "screening" areas should occur.