Prevent Blindness Wisconsin’s Children and Adult Vision Screening Trainings are designed to aid public health professionals, school nurses, pediatric/family practitioner staff, clinic staff, and volunteers to conduct sound vision screening programs throughout the community.
The training(s) will include:
- Vision Screening Procedures
- Referral Criteria – established by Prevent Blindness and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health – the nation’s leading authority on vision screening
- Information about common vision problems seen in children and/or adults
- A training manual and handouts
By participating in the training, you will become certified by Prevent Blindness Wisconsin in children and/or adult vision screening for a three-year period. If you have not been trained or recertified in the last three years, you should attend.
Upcoming Certified Vision Screener Training:
Prevent Blindness Wisconsin’s Vision Screening Training Video is now live! The training video will be a self-paced training course offered completely online. To seek full certification, after completing all specified modules in the training course, you are required to schedule a skills check with a PBW staff member. Instructions to schedule your skills check are specified in the training video.
Certified Children’s Vision Training Options:
To access the self-pased Children’s Training video, please Click Here to register.
LIVE (via zoom) WEB BASED: Children’s Vision Screener Training: Chart, SPOT, and Plus-Optix: Live, virtual trainings will be offered on an every other month basis.
Certified Adult Vision Screener Training:
Web-Based: Online Adult Vision Screener Training: Click Here