Professional development begins by achieving American Board of Opticianry (ABO) and National Contact Lens Examiners (NCLE) certification. Certification recognizes that the optician or contact lens technician has met a national set of standards. The following online review classes are designed to help you prepare for those exams. The programs consist of slides, audio, speaker notes and a quiz. To give you a better idea of how it works, click on the links for two programs below. Turn up the volume on your computer, give the program a moment to load and simply sit back and listen to the lesson!

ABO Review Modules
NCLE Review Modules
1) The Amazing Eyeball: An Optician’s Guide to Ocular Anatomy   1) The Amazing Eyeball: A Contact Lens Professional’s Guide to Ocular Anatomy

2) It’s All About Lenses:  Lens Characteristics

  2) The Eye’s Window:  The Cornea

3) From Paper to Lens:  Understanding a Spectacle Rx

  3) Focus on the Keratometer

4) Let There be Light!  The Theory of Light

  

4) Mapping the Cornea:  Corneal Topography

5) ABCs of Prisms

   5) Building Blocks of Eye Care: Understanding Refractive Errors

6) XYZs of Prisms

   6) Big Words Made Simple

7) Building Blocks of Eye Care: Understanding Refractive Errors

  7) Little Pieces of Magic: Contact Lens Options

8) The Straight Story About Base Curves

   8) Contact Lens Material Families

9) The Shape of Lenses:  Types and Designs

  9) The Beginning and the End:  Prefit and Follow-up

10) The Fabric of Lenses:  All About Materials

  10) Focus on the Slit Lamp

11) Maximizing Vision: Tints and Coatings

  11) ABCs of Soft Lenses

12) Focus on the Lensometer

  12) ABCs of GPs

13) The Frame From Front to Back

  13) Simplified Soft Toric Lens Fitting

14) Fashion, Fit and Function:  Selecting the Best Frame

  14) Checking In:  Lens Verification

15) The Frame Toolbox

  15) TLC for Contact Lenses:  Lens Care and Handling

16) I Want My Old Glasses Back! Problem Solving

  16) The Solution’s the Solution

17) My Ears Aren’t Straight! Frame Adjustment

  17) Regulations and Regulators

18) I Care About Service:  Professional Lens Dispensing

   

19) Regulations and Regulators