Vision Screening Of Elementary School Children In The Greenville, MI School District.

This project was designed to enhance the level of vision screening available to elementary school children. Because effective models such as the Modified Clinical Technique are cost prohibitive for many school districts, we proposed procedures for an in-school screening utilizing teachers and other school personnel. Results indicate that the procedures selected for the screening were valid due to the fact that most students who failed the screening did not pass two or more tests. Also, the teachers were very good at recognizing the students who needed visual evaluation. Fifty five percent of the students failed the screening. The screening was able to identify children with visual difficulties who had already passed the state's health department program. However, some problems were noted where the lay screening personnel let subjective factors come into play while interpreting tests and determining referrals.