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See to Succeed
What is this program that my school is offering my child?
The Program
Organized by the Houston Health Department, this program is about addressing the need for proper vision in order to be successful in school so that they then can succeed in life.
Full eye exams regardless of ability to pay
What's unique about this program is that each child gets a full eye exam. It is not a vision screening or a refraction where only a glasses prescription is checked. Through generous sponsorships, school children are able to get an exam and a complete frame and lenses.
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The program rotates throughout the Houston area in addition to seeing patient's at their homebase. Historically they spend around a week at schools in Pasadena, Cypress, Aldine, and Missouri City. Makeshift exam lanes with typical equipment used in an eye office is used. This allows for the see to succeed eye exams to pretty much be like that of if you went to an eye doctor's office.
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Dr. Matthew Pham's involvement
This program requires great coordination between the school districts, the city of Houston Health Department, and its staff and volunteers.
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Dr. Pham first helped as a fourth year optometry student where he did the pretesting for the doctors. Since graduation he's helped every year as a Doctor performing exams!
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He has often seen children that were overdue for intervention. Children are great at compensating so its through these proper exams that we discover that they were never seeing well in the first place! Some already have worn glasses but need a new pair and are unable to either go to an eye office or afford one. Dr. Pham enjoys getting to know each child and doing anything he can to help guide them as he knows how important vision and an education is for one's life. Dr. Pham treats each patient as if they were his own at his clinic.
Conclusion
Children that are seen via the See to Succeed program are given the full eye exam and helped so that we can say their vision is not the thing holding them back. Be assured that this program is legitimate and since it's inception they've helped over 100,000 children! Dr. Pham continues to be a part of this program and is happy to be able to help the Houston community.
Play the video on the right to see how big the room is in order to perform the eye exams for the students. This is only one area of many that include a pretesting, glasses choosing room, and school check in and check out areas!