Teaching · Related Services

Where the eyes lose the line, and what helped.

Watch ordinary reading and copying, and mark each sign you see. The summary keeps place-keeping apart from comfort signs, so an eye exam comes first when it should.

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What you finish with
A record of place-keeping and comfort signs, what helped, and whether an eye exam should come before anything else.
Who it is for
School occupational therapists, classroom and special education teachers, and teachers of students with visual impairments.
Format
Browser log. One saved record per observation; printed with its summary or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
the jump back to the next line
Drawn for this page. The sweep back to the start of the next line is where many students lose their place.

How to use it

  1. Watch during real work: a reading passage, copying homework from the board, a worksheet.
  2. Mark only what you saw; use did not come up for anything the tasks did not test.
  3. Ask the family when the last full eye exam was, and whether glasses are prescribed.
  4. Try one support, such as a line marker, and note whether it helped.
  5. Repeat on another day before deciding on classroom changes.

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What the log covers

Eye exam first

Rubbing eyes, closing one eye, holding print close and headaches can come from a vision problem that glasses or medical care address. A school vision screening can miss these; a full exam with an optometrist or ophthalmologist does not stop at distance acuity.

Vision and reading

The American Academy of Pediatrics and eye care specialty groups state that reading disabilities are language-based, and that vision problems do not cause dyslexia. Place-keeping supports can make reading less tiring, but they do not treat a reading disability.

What it is not

The log is not a vision test or a diagnosis. It records what happened in class so the team and the family have something specific to share with an eye doctor.

Sources

  1. Handler, S. M., Fierson, W. M., and the Section on Ophthalmology and Council on Children with Disabilities (2011). Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, and Vision. Pediatrics, 127(3), e818–e856 (joint statement with AAPOS, AAO and AACO).
  2. American Optometric Association. Comprehensive Pediatric Eye and Vision Examination, Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline (2017).
  3. Schneck, C. M. Visual perception. In Case-Smith, J., and O’Brien, J. C. (Eds.), Occupational Therapy for Children and Adolescents (7th ed.). Elsevier, 2015.
  4. American Academy of Pediatrics. Visual System Assessment in Infants, Children, and Young Adults by Pediatricians. Pediatrics, 137(1), 2016.

The example observation is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.