The InfantSEE Program

WE ARE PROUD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE AOA's INFANTSEE PROGRAM!
Cooing, sitting up and crawling are signs that your baby is growing. Your baby's vision has stages of development too, but usually there are no signs to mark the progress.  Taking your little toddler for a trip to the optometrist can determine healthy development of vision.  Early detection of eye conditions is the best way to ensure your child has healthy vision for successful development—now and in the future. 

With that, the American Optometric Association, with The Vision Care Institute of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. as a working partner, is launching InfantSEE™, a first-of-its-kind national program to provide children professional eye and vision care earlier in life. The program will address the early childhood segment of the pre-school population, providing no-cost infant eye and vision assessments before the age of one year with participating optometrists.

Your baby’s first visit to your doctor of optometry for a comprehensive eye assessment should be scheduled at six months of age. The optometrist will test for visual acuity, excessive or unequal amounts of nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism, evaluate eye alignment, and examine eye teaming ability.  The health of your baby’s eyes will be assessed as well. Although problems are not common, it is important to identify children who have specific risk factors at this stage. Vision development and eye health problems can be more easily corrected if treatment is begun early.  Unfortunately, during the course of their young lives, most children probably never see an eye care practitioner who can provide the kind of professional eye assessment necessary to identify critical eye and vision problems at an early stage, explain those conditions to parents, and provide the care necessary to correct those problems.

With Former President Jimmy Carter and Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter as honorary spokespersons for the program, and The Vision Care Institute of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. promising multi-year support, InfantSEE™ has the potential to change the nation’s concept of early childhood wellness care to include a professional eye and vision assessment as a necessary step in assuring an infant’s overall health and wellness.

EYE CLINIC OF WAUKESHA IS VERY PROUD TO BE A PARTICIPATING INFANTSEE PROVIDER!

Details about our participation in InfantSEE:

	The comprehensive eye and vision assessments are entirely free - they are offered as a public service to the Waukesha community; no insurance of any kind is required nor will any insurance be billed
	There are limited appointments - first-come first-serve
	Appointments can only be made only during days/times reserved for InfantSEE examinations
	Ideal age: 6-7 months; ages up to 12 months old are covered under this program
	Parent or legal guardian must be present
	For more information, visit the InfantSEE website: www.infantsee.org