A highlight of the program’s success to date is in classrooms in the Washoe County (Nevada) School District. The program is recognized as a reading tool and is available online for use for FREE by all teachers to incorporate into their individual curriculum. The program is also available as an in-school volunteer service program through the School District.

Tips on engaging school districts 

What it took in the Washoe County School District in Northern Nevada

• Over two years with the Vision Task Force, which was started in 2011 to determine a need to screen for jump eye movements in the schools. The threshold was to demonstrate that 10% of students would benefit from the screening. A target program on 314 children identified 89 as needing further evaluation.That’s 28%.

• A one-hour meeting in 2015 that opened the first door to an elementary school where we were allowed to freely develop our program.

• All in-school volunteers fill out annual applications.

• Volunteers wanting to volunteer more than three times a month are fingerprinted by the School District. 

• Two hours to teach the volunteers how to screen for and remediate a lack of coordinated jump eye movements.

Learn more about our program for K-12 Readers here or contact us for tips on how to engage educators and attract volunteers to help with screenings in schools.