Consent for Screenings at school?

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty sure it's a legal issue, not a control issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm pretty sure it's a legal issue, not a control issue.

what is the legal issue...?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child just told me they received vision and hearing screenings at school, but I would have thought the school would have let us know in advance. They send home so many messages regarding nonsense like school spirit day, or something like math testing, but no notice about medical screenings??

Why would you possibly object or withhold consent? Do you object to your child hearing and seeing?

Because I'd prefer my children have medical exams conducted in private, with their own medical providers. Not strangers, surrounded by their peers in the middle of school.

I think it is an eye chart for the eye screening and a pretty basic hearing test. I remember doing a hearing test as a kid, you listen for a beep and raise your hand for the side you hear the beep on. I know that my child had a letter sent home saying that he "failed" the eye exam and recommending a visit to the eye doctor. We already had DS seeing the eye doctor every year, we both have awful eye sight, and had one scheduled. He told us that he was struggling to see the board at school. He needed glasses for distance.

These are not full exams. You probably had something similar when you were in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has come up on DCUM before. It's still just as weird a thing to get upset about.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I would have given consent. However, even if parental consent wasn't needed I'm unsure why parents weren't notified. As I said they give notices for everything else ... This seems like to an important one. We're at ACPS.

That's your answer.

ACPS didn't notify parents about a gang rape at Minnie Howard. Do you really expect them to tell you about a health screening?

[Anonymous]

So the hearing test equipment at the schools and the pediatrician is from the 70s so if your kid fails it at either of these places- they probably have serious issues. It is basically hearing test theatre so totally worthless.

If you have hearing issue concerns go to theENT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the hearing test equipment at the schools and the pediatrician is from the 70s so if your kid fails it at either of these places- they probably have serious issues. It is basically hearing test theatre so totally worthless.

If you have hearing issue concerns go to theENT.

None of this is true and off topic. A heating screening using an audiometer is not useless. It's actually the first step in identifying hearing loss. The correct specialist to see if there are heading concerns is an audiologist NOT an ENT.

[Anonymous]

None of this is true and off topic. A heating screening using an audiometer is not useless. It's actually the first step in identifying hearing loss. The correct specialist to see if there are heading concerns is an audiologist NOT an ENT.

Yeah, I've had at least two students for whom a hearing loss was identified due to this testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child just told me they received vision and hearing screenings at school, but I would have thought the school would have let us know in advance. They send home so many messages regarding nonsense like school spirit day, or something like math testing, but no notice about medical screenings??

Why would you possibly object or withhold consent? Do you object to your child hearing and seeing?

Because I'd prefer my children have medical exams conducted in private, with their own medical providers. Not strangers, surrounded by their peers in the middle of school.

I think it is an eye chart for the eye screening and a pretty basic hearing test. I remember doing a hearing test as a kid, you listen for a beep and raise your hand for the side you hear the beep on. I know that my child had a letter sent home saying that he "failed" the eye exam and recommending a visit to the eye doctor. We already had DS seeing the eye doctor every year, we both have awful eye sight, and had one scheduled. He told us that he was struggling to see the board at school. He needed glasses for distance.

These are not full exams. You probably had something similar when you were in school.

For ours, my kid wears glasses, they had him take them off, he failed without glasses and they tried to demand a new exam when he just had one and new glasses. We opt out. We go yearly or if there is a concern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the hearing test equipment at the schools and the pediatrician is from the 70s so if your kid fails it at either of these places- they probably have serious issues. It is basically hearing test theatre so totally worthless.

If you have hearing issue concerns go to theENT.

This is absolutely not true. We identify many students every school year who otherwise would have gone through the school year not having complete auditory access in the classroom. And all screening equipment in our district is one year old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the hearing test equipment at the schools and the pediatrician is from the 70s so if your kid fails it at either of these places- they probably have serious issues. It is basically hearing test theatre so totally worthless.

If you have hearing issue concerns go to theENT.

This is absolutely not true. We identify many students every school year who otherwise would have gone through the school year not having complete auditory access in the classroom. And all screening equipment in our district is one year old.

This is really good to hear. Many who post on this board have access to healthcare, but I assume the kids who are helped by this don’t have that regular access?

[Anonymous]

It is called abuse of power. Yes schools should notify parents in advance for any medical screening. They forced my child with sensory issues to do a hearing test without prior consent.
It is wrong but again our education system is a joke.

[Anonymous]

It’s a state law. Complain to your representative if you don’t like it.

[Anonymous]

Good Lord Above in Heaven. Never change, DCUM parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mostly an issue for overbearing parents with control issues.

No. It’s for poor kids with no medical care. A middle class kid doesn’t need a school vision screening. But they make everyone do it so the poor kids don’t stand out.