Hi Mastiff,

I am sorry that your daughter has been demoralized, simply because she
suffers from light sensitivity, and her brain strains under certain
light conditions. As I remember, anyone who is certified to give the
screening is qualified to do the testing, but I am not a screener so I
can't say this is absolute.

I am not up on the UK stuff for schools, so I am not sure about who
should fund for the testing. Here in California it's the parents
responsibility to pay for the testing. Sometimes...someone foots the
bill, but this is not a standard...

What is a SEN register?

You can contact the Irlen Institute, see the links in the navigation
bar to the right of this website to locate it.

Lots of best wishes,

Lu

--- In glimmercoloredfilterglasses@yahoogroups.com, mastiff_mum
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>