VERA Vision Screening

School vision screening has changed little since the Civil War, when students read an eye chart so the teacher could seat those with the poorest eyesight closest to the blackboard. But eye charts can be inaccurate, even newer vision screening devices miss vision problems which affect students, and vision problems that are detected often go unresolved.

VERA™ (Visual Efficiency RAting) is not just a testing device, but a complete vision screening and reporting program which helps to get more students to the eye doctor and to do better in school. VERA was developed by eye doctors, educators and school nurses and refined over the course of a million screening tests at locations throughout the U.S.
VERA’s routine vision screening more accurately identifies visual acuity, farsightedness and simple binocular vision deficits with its standardized, logic- controlled testing. With a few keystrokes, personalized reports are prepared for parents which encourage compliance with the vision referral, as are professional reports to eye doctors containing screening results they can trust. And just as easily, nurses can track students who haven’t been to the eye doctor and prepare follow-up communications to parents. Grade-specific lists of students who failed vision screening or have not complied with the referral are ready for teachers, who can then support the vision referral and better accommodate these students in class.
With routine vision screening optimized, VERA provides the option to screen for other vision difficulties which affect schoolwork. The importance of eye tracking is widely recognized since reading requires regular and controlled eye movements. But tracking is interrelated with focusing and eye teaming, since words have to stay in focus as both eyes move together across print. These muscular abilities are called “vision skills” and are essential to reading and learning. Abnormal vision skills are associated with academic failure, ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia and poor behavior. Since they don’t depend on how well light focuses on the retina, vision skills have not been addressed by school or institutional vision screening and have required evaluation by a vision specialist.
VERA’s patented and proven vision skills screening enables schools to identify students who may be underachieving because of vision skills deficits. These students can then be helped by specialized vision care and/or school and home support. Reading ability and school performance can be improved with fewer special educational services required of schools.

VERA programs include phone or e-mail support and have a 90-day money back guarantee.