Vision Intervention Program

Program from Learning Insights, a not for profit organization in Missouri, striving to screen children for vision problems, provide tutoring for them in schools, and refer the more severe cases to optometrist that look at vision from a broad perspective.

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Location: Holts Summit, Missouri, United States

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Eleven Districts involved with pilot effort

Eleven districts from across Missouri are involved with the effort to identify children with vision challenges, refer them to trained optometrists, and offer support for them with activities to help their vision difficulty.

The districts include:
Camdenton R-III, Camdenton
Dallas Co. R-I, Buffalo
Hollister R-V, Hollister
Northeast Randolph Co. R-IV, Cairo
Osage R-VI, Westphalia
Salisbury R-IV, Salisbury
Strafford R-V, Strafford
Our Lady of Providence School, St. Louis
Roscoe C-1, Roscoe
Willard R-III, Willard
Willow Springs R-IV, Willow Springs

Schools are screening different primary grades with some of them screening all the children in grades K - 3 while others have selected one or two grade levels. One criteria of the program is that whichever grades are involved, all the children within that grade must be screened for vision challenges.

As the screenings began Dr. Pierce or Michael Flynn supervised the process to assure consistency across the program and to answer any questions or concerns that arose.

All screeners reconvened on Sept. 30, 2005 to discuss the progress to date, review any questions regarding procedures used, and to evaluate some results and determine if modifications needed to be made to the scoring process.

Overall, the consensus was very positive. Specific information will be posted regarding preliminary screening results soon.