Diploma in Paediatric Optometry

The pediatric population forms an age group with specific visual needs. In this Course the student will learn assessment tests and specific treatment programmes including a great number of disorders. The student will also learn the main differences between treating an adult patient or infants and children.

This Course is part of the Master in Clinical Optometry and Vision Therapy.

Modality: Online

Duration: 1 month

Estimated number of study hours: 100 hours

Tuition Fee: 300€

Start Dates: October 1st, 2025

Language: English

Teacher: Sandra Barroso Expósito. Optician-Optometrist and Psychologist. 

1. Communication Techniques with Children

2. Visual Acuity Examination in Children

3. Refraction in Children and Infants

4. Prescription of Optical Correction in Children

5. Disorders of Binocular Vision I – Strabismus

6. Disorders of Binocular Vision II

7. Eye Disorders

8. Visual Hygiene. Ergonomics

*The sequence and contents may vary slightly, but all material will cover the same course topics

Sandra Barroso Expósito

Sandra is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in Emotional Trauma and an Optometrist. She also works as an online content writer for Psychology Blogs and Virtual Teaching Platforms in the field of Psychology. In her psychology practice, Sandra assists individuals with emotional issues using techniques such as EMDR, which involve bilateral stimulation of both brain hemispheres, often through eye movements. Her experience as an Optometrist informs this approach. Additionally, she integrates the principles of Brief Strategic Therapy and Gestalt Therapy to complement her work. Sandra also provides content writing services for Psychology Blogs and social media. She creates online educational materials related to Psychology.

SAERA uses a self-paced learning method, i.e., it is not necessary to be online on a determined schedule. This model is extremely flexible, allowing you to study around existing work and family commitments. All of the course materials are available as soon as the course starts, and the student goes through them at their own speed.

Our distance learning model combines teaching through virtual classroom, tutorial support and online self-study.

The students of the Master are connected and in constant communication through discussion forums led by course tutors and the internal messaging of the virtual campus. This will help them solve doubts by exchanging knowledge and acquiring greater skills when it comes to passing each module.

The assessment will be conducted entirely online, and includes several modes of assessment including the following:

• Assignments: Each assignment is different and can include essay assignments, case-based assignments, short questions, etc. Full details are offered within the module itself.
• Multiple choice questions tests
• Short answer questions test

Each assignment that is required for a course is clearly shown on the Virtual Classroom. You must submit your assignment before the end of the month in order for it to be accepted as “on time.”

Optional recognition

The students have the option to include in their certificate the recognition of the Hague Apostille. A country that signs the Hague Convention recognises the legal effectiveness of a public document issued in another country that signs the Convention.

If the convention applies between two countries, the Apostille is sufficient to certify a document’s signatures legality, and removes the need for double-certification, by the originating country and then by the receiving country.

The students have the option to include in their certificate the recognition of the Hague Apostille. The price of this service is 90€ (shipping costs not included).

Attention: Certificates issued by Lucentum Universitas cannot be provided with a Hague Apostille.

You can download the Apostille Request Form here 

Also visit the Updated list of the Countries adhering to the Convention

If you need assistance, please contact to information@saera.eu