This presentation will give an overview of recent developments, clinical challenges, opportunities, and controversies concerning community eye care for schoolchildren. Concerning myopia, the role of optometrists and opticians is developing from clinicians who correct, to those who treat – contemporary interventions will be summarised. Binocular vision anomalies that can be managed in community practice will be reviewed, and the optometric correlates and role of the optometrist in dyslexia will be summarised.

Learning outcome(s):

Practitioners will be able to explain to patients about the management of myopia and binocular vision anomalies, and the optometric implications of dyslexia (s.2)

Practitioners will recognise contemporary options for managing myopia, identify binocular vision anomalies that can be managed in the community, and be aware of the optometric correlates of dyslexia (s.7).