1. Tennessee Lions
KidSight
A Comprehensive Eye Photoscreening
Program for Children

2. Kid Sight
• It is a screening program to
identify children between the
ages of 12 months and 60
months who have or will
develop eyesight problems.

3. Kid Sight
• It is funded by The Lions Club
Charities of Tennessee
• It is carried out by local Lions
Clubs for the children of their
community.
• It is free to the children and
their parents.
• It requires only your club’s time.

4. Tennessee Facts
• In 2010, there were 79,345 new births in
Tennessee
• In 2010, Lions Clubs in Tennessee
screened 38,205 children.
• 1842 screenings were referred to a doctor
• 75% of these had serious problems
• Since June of 1997, Lions in Tennessee
have screened 381,910 children
• 19,489 were referred to a doctor
• That is a 5% referral rate

5. District 12 L West TN
• In 2010 there were 21,121 new births in
our District 12 L
• We screened 548 Children for Kid Sight
• Tennessee Lions Charities have furnished
4 Sure Sight Digital Cameras and 4 MTI
(film) cameras to our District.
• Several Clubs have purchased their own
Cameras.
• The Vision Van purchased its own digital
camera.

6. Workers?
• We have plenty of cameras for
Kid Sight in District 12 L
• We need volunteers in our clubs
to set up and carry out
screenings at local day cares,
churches preschools and
mother’s day out programs.

7. How Does
IT Work?
By simply taking a picture of each
child’s eyes with the special Kid
Sight Instrument, a doctor at The
Lions’ Eye Center at Vanderbilt
University’s Pediatric unit can
diagnose present and future eye
problems the child may have.
With this information, we can
hopefully fix or prevent eye problems
in all of our children.

8. What we have found
• 5% of children screened in
Tennessee have been referred
• 84% of those referred were
positive for Amblyopia
• Children in the target age group
need to be screened every year.

9. What Are The
Problems Kids Sight
Screenings Will Find?

10. Conditions Detected By
The Screening
• Amblyopia
• Strabismus
• Media Opacity
• Cataracts
• Retina Detachment
• Astigmatism
• Hyperopia
• Myopia

11. Amblyopia (Lazy Eye).
• Amblyopia or Lazy Eye is the main
problem we are searching for.
• Most people are unaware that
Amblyopia can cause a person to go
blind later in life.
• It is correctable if it is caught early
enough and treatment is given

12. Other Problems
Diagnosed
• Following are just a few

13. Strabismus:
Eyes are not properly aligned.
Patching and Glasses

14. Anisometropia
• Eyes have unequal refractive power
• Now in Glasses

15. High Farsightedness
Hyperopia
• Now in Glasses

16. Astigmatism:
Optical Defect Causing
Blurred Vision
• Now in Glasses

17. Strabismus
• Serious enough this child had to
have surgery

18. High Farsightedness,
one eye
• Correct Glasses Provided

19. Cataracts
• 1% of all children are born with
Cataracts!
• This child had surgery

20. How Can My Club
Participate?
• First you need to be a member of a local
Lions Club.
• Contact Lion Tom Palmer of the Camden
Lions Club, our District Kid Sight Chair
• Set up a Training Session for your club.
• You will need at least 3-4 members on
each screening team that goes out to the
centers and actually administers the
program.

21. What is Training?
• You will learn how to operate
the special camera
• You will learn how to fill out
paperwork and handle
confidential documents.

22. After The Screening
The picture or digital results are sealed in
an envelope and sent to Vanderbilt Eye
Center.
An Ophthalmologist in the pediatric unit.
evaluates the picture.
If the Dr. finds a problem with the
evaluation, the Dr. will notify the parents
and suggest they see their local eye
doctor. They supply a list of participating
eye doctors in our area.
Because of confidentiality rules you will
not know who was diagnosed with
problems but you will receive a report
stating how many were identified.

23. How Lions Then Help
• When the Doctor contacts the
parent about any problems
found, and recommends seeing
an eye doctor, they include the
following info:
• “If you cannot afford to see the
doctor, please contact your
local Lions Club for assistance.

24. Where Do We Locate
Pre-Schools
• Tennessee Lions Charities can
provide the list of all the state
listings for daycare and preschools
in your community and how many
children are enrolled in each.
• We have to contact the day care
center for permission first.
• Then we have to give the special
permission forms to be given to the
parents to sign and return.

25. Overlooked Pre School
Opportunities
• When we think of official day care
centers, we think of centers run by
the local school district or private
for profit centers. These are listed
through the Tennessee State Dept.
• But local churches, Mother’s Day Out
programs are prime places to start.
• Does your church have this program?
• If so they need to be screened too!

26. What we need
• Members to contact a screening
site. Secure permission and deliver
permission forms to be signed by
parents.
• Volunteers to conduct the
screenings on the mornings arranged
by the day care center.
• Morning Work (8:00 until
11:00)usually, depends on number of
children needing screening.

27. What We Need (2)
• One or two persons to escort child to
camera area, keeping them happy
and smiling and take them back to
class after the picture is taken.
• One person to take the picture.
• One or two persons to secure and
seal for mailing the picture and
permission slip that is sent to the
eye center.

28. Where To Start
• Secure a list of places in your
community that serves children 12
months old to 60 months old.
• You are not limited to just your own
community. Since your members will
come from many communities, the
opportunity for this program is truly
endless.

29. Remember
WE SERVE