Originally Posted by polarbear
Originally Posted by indigo
Schools used to perform vision and hearing screening, possibly they no longer do, or not in your area.

The vision and hearing screenings provided at school are simply that - screens.
Exactly. They *may* help a parent begin with looking at vision/hearing, rather than these items coming up much later.

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If you have a good regional Children's Hospital, that may be one place to start. If they do not offer coordinated, integrated services to screen for learning difficulties, they may be willing to establish such a practice. So much of what we do may not help our children directly, but may help others, raise awareness, and change society for the next generation. In many ways, we are pioneers.

While we may be pioneers, and the advocacy of one parent may in turn benefit many who follow, this is one small pet peeve of mine.
Agreed. I mentioned this to manage expectations that a coordinated, integrated set of services may not come about right away. There was no suggestion to devote effort or fight for change.