Ensuring Comfort and Cooperation: Strategies for Supporting Autistic Children in a Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinic - (2025)

This webinar will explore the importance of eye exams for autistic children, the challenges they face during exams, and evidence-based strategies for child life specialists by highlighting the integration of child life services in a pediatric ophthalmology clinic to support autistic patients, including identifying those who may struggle during exams and implementing tailored strategies to improve their experience.

Suggested Domain: Assessment; Intervention, DEI

Credits: 1.0 PDU

Learning Objective(s):

1. Participants will be able to identify why eye exams are important for autistic patients with autism and the disparities of care that lead to neurodiverse children not receiving eye exams.

2. Participants will be able to describe the role of a child life specialist in a pediatric ophthalmology clinic.

3. Participants will be able to apply the sensory support strategies learned in this presentation to any setting to promote cooperation and tolerance for medical exams

Please note: All webinar content and its certificate will expire on April 8, 2028, regardless of when it is purchased, accessed, or completed. At that point, contents will no longer be available in any form, including as an archive or as a PDU certificate. It is the responsibility of the learner to complete the contents and download and save the certificate for their records prior to April 8, 2028.