Behavioural Optometry

We provide quality, individualised and comprehensive eye care for the whole family to ensure optimal eye health and maximise your visual performance.

Behavioural and paediatric optometry focus on how vision affects behaviour and learning in school-aged children. A behavioural optometry examination is recommended if a child is described as doing poorly in school, experiencing difficulties with learning, disliking schoolwork or not reaching their full potential.

Good vision involves more than just good eyesight. It means being able to efficiently scan, focus and have good visual coordination skills for reading and learning in the classroom. While children may have good distance eyesight, they may have difficulty maintaining good near vision when reading and writing which can lead to learning-related vision problems. Some signs include slow reading speed, skipping words, and headaches.

Assessment of a child’s development in skills of visual perception or visual information processing may be required. Visual information processing is the process of understanding what we see and involves the communication between the eyes and the brain. Areas tested include visual spatial, visual analysis and eye tracking skills. These tests assess if a child’s abilities are adequately developed for their age, so they can learn to read and write at age level and achieve their maximum potential.