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#147 OT and Vision in Schools with Jaime Spencer
When you look at the intersection of vision and reading in schools, the gaps are impossible to ignore.
Consider the data:
Two-thirds of American fourth graders cannot read at grade level.
One in four school-age children has a vision problem.
School vision screenings miss up to 75% of children with vision problems.
To make matters worse, standard school vision screenings frequently miss the functional vision deficits—such as convergence, accommodation, and visual perception issues—that directly impact a student's ability to sustain near-work in the classroom.
As occupational therapists…
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