Begin with an assessment
Bring questions about squinting, reading, eye alignment or a changing prescription. A clinician will advise the appropriate examination.
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Reading, playing, recognising a face across the room. Help your child see comfortably, with assessment and a care plan that looks beyond a prescription.
Understand the next step
Ask about spectacle correction, progressing myopia or amblyopia management where appropriate. Treatment depends on the child's assessment.
Make follow-up part of care
Keep sight checks and reviews on the calendar. Your care team explains what to watch for and when to return.
Beyond a pair of glasses
Clearer sight today. A plan for what changes.
A prescription
Glasses correct focus. The assessment also asks how each eye sees and whether further examination is needed.
Progressing myopia
If short-sightedness is changing, ask about monitoring and a personalised myopia-management discussion. The care team explains suitable options, limitations and review needs.
Amblyopia care
Amblyopia involves the development of vision, not just focus. Care can include glasses and clinician-directed treatment such as patching, with review. Earlier assessment matters.
Ask the clinic manager which assessments and continuing-care services are available for your child, and which need specialist referral. Plans follow assessment; treatment is not chosen from a package.
Read the National Eye Institute's amblyopia guide A shared understanding
Your child grows.
Your child grows.
Their care should keep up.
A comfortable frame matters. So does knowing whether a prescription is changing and when another review is needed. Ask the team about individualised continuing care.
Discuss continued care →What should I bring?
Earlier reports, current treatments and a few notes about what you have noticed. You do not need to decide the diagnosis or treatment before talking to us.