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schoolchildren
participate
in Campaign
Eyecare
The Visión y Vida Association in Javea is developing
a campaign for eyecare awareness and problem
prevention - "See to Learn".
This is includes free vision screening for school
children between 6 and 12 years who wish to help in
the collection of data for the first statewide study on
children's visual health.
The Department of Education has supported this
campaign which runs until May 31 and aims to show
parents, families and teachers the importance of
protecting the visual health of young children. There
are studies that show that one in three cases of school
failure is associated with poor vision and today, 50%
of children who could be helped by the use of optical
equipment are not, due to parents being unaware of the
problem.
If your child is a quck writer, but slow at copying or is
quck to read books, but no good at "eye spy" spotting
street signs and shop adverts - then booking them in for
an eye examination is very important.