卡伦·赫因斯，眼界学习计划；理事乔伊·鲍文·艾尔；乔希·H，学生；和詹妮弗·H，家长

儿童在早期接受眼部检查可以发现潜在的健康和视力问题，这些问题如果不进行诊断，会严重影响学生的学习机会。视力或眼部健康问题的孩子在学校阅读、写作和整体学习上可能会遇到困难。他们的表现会低于潜在能力，并且通常会被误诊为学习或行为障碍。

《眼见……眼学》计划为学生提供来自验光医生的全面眼部健康检查，并且如果需要，学生还将获得免费的眼镜。该计划适用于阿尔伯塔省所有的幼儿园学生。在2015-2016学年，《眼见……眼学》计划通过当地公立学校向阿尔伯塔省逾65,000位家长派发了家长手册，使24,588名阿尔伯塔省五岁的儿童在上一年级之前完成了眼部检查。在卡尔加里教育局（CBE）中，这意味着有超过3000名幼儿园学生可能因为该计划而接受了眼部检查。

《眼见……眼学》计划不仅仅是为学生提供评估和眼镜，它还可以提升卡尔加里教育局教职工的专业素养。该眼部健康和视觉意识计划为教师提供在线视频和网络研讨会，以增进他们对解剖学、视力发展以及良好或不良视力的征象和症状的了解。还包括教室活动工具包供他们使用。

作为教师和家长，我们都知道视力对于孩子的学习过程和整体发展有多么重要。多亏了《眼见……眼学》不断的努力，潜在的视力问题都会在很小的时候被发现。谨代表整个卡尔加里教育局，向阿尔伯塔验光师协会和《眼见……眼学》计划获得灯塔奖表示祝贺。

“《眼见……眼学》计划通过鼓励我妈妈预约眼科检查，然后为我提供我的第一副眼镜，帮助我有了一个良好的开端。我希望其他许多学生也能像我一样利用这个令人惊奇的计划。”
乔希·H | 7年级学生

Karen H., Eye See Eye Learn; Trustee Joy Bowen-Eyre; Josh H., student; and Jennifer H., parent

Having an eye exam early in life can detect health and vision problems that would go undiagnosed, drastically affecting a student’s opportunity to learn. A child who is having vision or eye health problems will likely experience struggles with reading, writing and overall learning at school. They will perform below their potential abilities and are often misdiagnosed as having a learning or behavioural disability.

The Eye See…Eye Learn program provides students with a comprehensive eye health exam from a doctor of optometry, and if required, students will also receive a free pair of eyeglasses. The program is available to all kindergarten students in Alberta. In 2015-2016 the Eye See…Eye Learn program delivered over 65,000 parent packages throughout Alberta through their local public school resulting in 24,588 Alberta five year olds having a completed eye exam before starting Grade 1. In the CBE this means over 3000 Kindergarten students could have received eye exams as a result of this program.

The Eye See… Eye Learn program is not just about evaluations and glasses for our students; it also builds professional capital of our CBE teaching staff. This eye health and vision awareness program provides teachers with online videos and webinars to build their knowledge of anatomy, eye sight development, and signs and symptoms of good or poor vision. It also includes activity kits they can use in their classroom.

As teachers and parents, we all know how important vision is to a child’s learning process and overall development. Thanks to the ongoing effort of Eye See… Eye Learn, potential vision problems are identified at a very young age.  On behalf of the entire CBE, congratulations to the Alberta Association of Optometrists and the Eye See…. Eye Learn Program on their Lighthouse Award.

“The Eye See Eye Learn program helped me get off to a good start by encouraging My Mom to book an eye appointment and then by providing me with my first pair of glasses.  I hope many other students can take advantage of this amazing program just as I did.”
Josh H. | Grade 7 student