Webinar: Teaching Pupils with Mild Vision or Hearing Difficulties

Webinar: Teaching Pupils with Mild Vision or Hearing Difficulties Thursday, June 20, 2024 · 4:00 p.m. ‘If you’re on the fence about using [SchoolScreener] screening software, get off the fence, quickly!’ {Given] the impact it had in my school, I would not hesitate [to use it] …. It’s worth every penny.’ Caroline LangHead Teacher ‘Any […]

Webinar December 2023 Q&A

Q&A Arising from the Webinar Identify and Support Pupils with Mild to Moderate Vision and Hearing Problems We had 1347 registrations for the webinar, and a lot of questions posted. We’ve tried to answer them all and have listed them below. In some cases we grouped questions that appeared to ask the same things. Just […]

Case Study

Case Study: 4 English Primary Schools As part of its Apex Project to ‘eliminate avoidable literacy failure’ the Fischer Family Foundation, assessed the software in four primary schools. They found: ‘Over 20% of children had a potential sight problem, not previously known about.’ This was despite most of them having been checked by school nurses […]

Remove Barriers to Education

Remove Barriers to Education Undiagnosed vision problems can adversely impact learning, behaviour, welfare and even inclusion. Children’s eyesight can change as they grow. Also, in the wake of COVID, there’s a significant increase in the children with short sight (myopia). Most likely, owing to increased screen time. That’s why it’s important to check their eyes […]