Eye doctor
Unfamiliar instruments close to the eye and the demand to sit still make the eye exam charged when it is not prepared. Pictures that show what is coming make the moment understandable. Look at the support below.
♂Eye doctor
An eye doctor examines a child's eye with an instrument in front of an eye chart.
About this visual support
At the eye doctor the child meets devices brought close to the face, light aimed at the eye and an expectation to sit completely still while it happens. The combination of something unknown near a sensitive body part and the demand not to move makes many children tense up already in the waiting room.
Visual support lowers the tension by making the steps known in advance. When the child has seen pictures of the instruments, the eye chart and how to look and keep one eye covered, the exam becomes predictable. It is often not the test itself that is hard, but not knowing what the device will do or how long it takes.
A tip: let the child play the exam at home with the same pictures, covering one eye and pointing at letters, so the movements feel familiar. The rehearsal makes the real visit less strange. In the Routined app you can gather the steps into a series you go through calmly before you leave.
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