Early Childhood Vision Screening

The latest group of ROATx Certified Vision Screeners are from El Paso, McAllen, Brownsville, Katy, New Braunfels, Austin and Round Rock Texas

Qualifications of a ROATx Certified Vision Screener:

1. Must hold a current license as an Optician through the Texas Department of State Health Services Opticians Registry

2. Must be a current member of the Registered Opticians Association of Texas

3. Must be currently certified by the Texas Department of State Health Services as a vision screener for school age children

4. Must have successfully completed the Registered Opticians Association of Texas’ certification training for children ages 6 months through four years of age 

 We also held our FREE ECVS training in Fort Worth Texas at Cook Childrens Hospital on the 17th and 18th of October, 2009. We added four new ROATx certified ECVS trainers at the completion of the training. The Sunday training is for TDH Registered Opticians who have successfully completed the Saturday training, and are currently members of ROATx or COAT of Houston and desire to participate in the Early Childhood Vision Screening program as ROATx Certified Vision Screeners of children between the ages of one and four years of age. 

 The Saturday training is always open to anyone desiring to become a Texas Department of State Health Services certified screener. We encourage anyone who is interested in helping to screen the five year old children and older to attend this FREE training. At the successful completion of this training, you will be Certified by the Texas Department of State Health Services to screen the school age children using a chart system as mandated by the State of Texas.