Mission Statement
The mission of the Children's Vision Foundation is to promote public awareness of learning difficulties related to vision problems in children. This is accomplished through community vision screenings, public education, and support the treatment of these conditions.
Our Goals
To conduct screenings that includes a comprehensive assessment of children's visual abilities.
To provide families and school staff with information that will facilitate appropriate vision referrals.
To educate communities regarding learning related vision problems.
The correlation is clear... VISION is an integral part of a child's success.
Studies show that almost 25% of school-aged children have vision problems that can affect their learning, 85% of the average child's learning is done visually, and at least 70% of juvenile delinquents have vision problems. There is a direct connection between undetected vision problems and a child's success.
Many of these children have passed their school's standard vision screening, which is only designed to check for distance vision. Unfortunately, these screenings do not check to see if a child can coordinate both eyes as a team, track print across a written page without losing their place or adjust their focus when looking from near to far.
The Children's Vision Foundation (CVF) is a non-profit organization that specializes in identifying and helping children with these types of vision problems. CVF has screened over 17,000 students in public and private schools in Oregon communities to date. Our goal is to continue to serve as an advocate to Oregon students to ensure a successful lifetime of vision.
