Common symptoms which indicate your child may have a vision problem:

• Sore or tired eyes

• Blinks or rubs eyes frequently

• Poor concentration on near activities (especially reading and school)

• Covers or closes one eye

• Holds book/screen too close to face

• Squints or sits very close to the TV

• Messy or untidy handwriting

• Headaches or excessively tired at end of the day

• Tilting or positioning head strangely when looking at things

• Loses place easily when reading or copying from the board

• Reversing letters (eg. b and d) or words (eg. saw and was)