Hi.
After ongoing problems at school for 3 years where my daughter has
been called lazy manipulative, attention seeking (yet with no
behaviour problems) we had her optician test for Irlens which came
back positve. However, it wasnt the official Irlen centre testing,
so I guess what i need to know is do we now need to have the testing
done again at the Irlen Centre, (we are in the UK) or is the
unofficial optician test good enough? Im looking for UK based
support too. Its hard to grasp as obviously she doesnt look as
though she has any problems, and we cant see what she sees.
I just feel so confused about it all and would like info on what the
school should be doing to help, which the optician hasn't provided.

should the school fund the official tests or is that down to us as
her parents?
does she now need to be placed on the SEN register as I woas told by
a relative who is a teacher?

ANy advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thankyou