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The Ohio Affiliate of Prevent Blindness Invites you to Attend a (free) HealthyEyes and Adult Vision Screening Certification WebinarTuesday, June 27, 2023, 10:00am - 12:30pm ~ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ADVTHEJune272023Tuesday, July 25, 2023, 10:00am - 12:30pm ~ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ADVTHEJuly252023Monday, August 14, 2023, 12:30pm - 3:00pm ~ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ADVTHEAug142023Wednesday, August 30, 2023, 10:00am - 12:30pm ~ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ADVT08302023Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 12:00pm - 2:30pm ~ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ADVTHE09192023Refresh and Re-certify WebinarFor those people who are already certified as adult screeners, but need to re-new their certification and/or refresh their adult vision screening skills. August 8, 2023, 12:00pm - 12:45pm ~ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Recert080823
Half of all blindness is preventable, but the number of Ohioans who suffer vision loss continues to increase. Because of the growth in the aging population, in 2020 there were 1,729,883 Ohioans affected by vision- robbing conditions. The primary causes are diabetic retinopathy, cataract, glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). After attending Adult Vision Screening Training, you will be able to:
Upon successful completion of the training, you will be nationally certified to provide adult vision screenings for three years and are eligible to receive FREE vision screening equipment including: Adult Risk Assessment and Registration Forms, Near and Distance Visual Acuity Charts and assorted educational vision resources and brochures. The HealthyEyes Program: enhances the services of Ohio’s senior care and public health networks by providing information and access to prevention information, referral, and treatment resources for adult eye challenges. After completing the HealthyEyes portion of the program, you will be able to provide your professional and consumer constituent base with facts and information about what they can do to prevent vision loss. You will receive a HealthyEyes Toolkit that contains a flash drive with many PowerPoint presentations, handouts, and material to support the presentations. This provides you with opportunity to be an advocate for eye healthy and safety! This program is free of charge thanks to our grant funders. Qualifies for 2.5 CE contact hours for OT practitioners. Questions? Contact Laura Schwartz at 800-301-2020, ext. 112 or [email protected]. |