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This channel has been created by Prevent Blindness Indiana (PBI) to raise online awareness of children's vision care issues. 'Riley Ward' is the mechanism we chose to do this, but please be aware she is only the image taken from our logo - not an actual spokeschild. PBI's Seeing is Achieving campaign serves three main purposes: 1) Identify children who have a potential vision impairment. 2) Follow up with guardians to make sure their child receives a professional eye examination. 3) Locate resources for those who need but cannot afford corrective treatment for their children. Parents, guardians and educators need to recognize that falling behind in class or on the playing field can sometimes be due simply to an inability to see - children often do not know how to determine whether their sight is normal. To catch the children with visual impairments in acuity, field of vision and/or allignment, the federal government requires all students be screened in Kindergarten or 1st, 3rd & 8th grades. However, this mandate is unfunded and unenforced, meaning not only are some of our Indiana students NOT being screened, but that the shrinking number of nurses available in the school system don't have the resources to handle or make these screenings a priority. This is where PBI can assist by training and organizing certified vision screeners to go into a daycare or school system with the proper equipment to get these screenings done in one day near the beginning of the school year instead of having the students be screened one-at-a-time throughout the year. While these screenings do not take the place of a professional examination by an eye-care professional, they help identify the children who need one.