Figure 1. Reclining a child in a chair or on a parent’s lap aids with history and when instilling medications.

Figure 2. A child’s gaze is reflexively drawn to the grating lines on the Teller Acuity card, which is why it is called a preferential looking test.

Figure 3A. Children are taught from a very young age to make associations through matching games. Instead of making them read the eye chart, create a fun and exciting matching game that uses letters or symbols to have the child engage with increasingly smaller optotypes on the eye chart.

Figure 3B. Children are taught from a very young age to make associations through matching games. Instead of making them read the eye chart, create a fun and exciting matching game that uses letters or symbols to have the child engage with increasingly smaller optotypes on the eye chart.

Figure 4. Retinoscopy is an effective and accurate method for objectively measuring the refractive error of a child when subjective refraction is not possible.

Figure 5. The Krimsky technique takes the Hirschberg one step further by utilizing a prism to recenter the abnormal corneal light reflex.

Figure 6. This method of holding the child is very effective when administering medications. The parent tucks the child’s legs under her arms, then crosses the child’s arms across the chest, and leans the child back. The technician stabilizes the head and administers the medications efficiently.