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Here you'll find advice from parents and teachers on special needs education.

Here you'll find advice from parents and teachers on special needs education.

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coloured overlays/lenses for dyslexic children

15 replies

cornsilk · 06/03/2008 11:21

Does anybody know if it is possible to have a child assessed on the NHS to see if they would benefit from coloured lenses or overlays? I have been told that parents have to pay, but as not all dyslexics would benefit from this then it seems an expensive choice.

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ChopsTheDuck · 06/03/2008 11:23

It msut be possible, my mother's best friend's daughter got hers on the NHS. Maybe it varies from area to area?

cornsilk · 06/03/2008 11:24

Wonder who to ask. GP or optician maybe?

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TheFallenMadonna · 06/03/2008 11:25

We did this at school.

iMum · 06/03/2008 11:26

not sure, but i had them as a child-pink ones.

ChopsTheDuck · 06/03/2008 11:28

Im not sure how she first got hers. It was her uni that actually first picked up on the problem but Im not sure who she got the glasses from. Do you have a paed or ed psych who you could ask?

TheFallenMadonna · 06/03/2008 11:28

Obviously we coldn't provide lenses, but we did provide overlays.

cornsilk · 06/03/2008 11:39

Fallen Madonna how did you know which children to provide the overlays for and which colours to use? Who assessed the children?

Chops - there is more funding available to help university students with dyslexia than school children so maybe that's why. Lots of girls are picked up as dyslexic at uni apparently.

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TheFallenMadonna · 06/03/2008 14:24

The learning support staff assessed the children (after training). Which colour works best is part of the assessment.

swedishmum · 06/03/2008 17:17

I have a set of overlays I use with children. I'm not specifically trained with them but there's an appropriate order to try them in. You can buy them for about £20 a set from crossbow education on line - www.crossboweducation.com/here

swedishmum · 06/03/2008 17:19

www.crossboweducation.com/here - would be easier maybe to contact local BDA and ask for a list of tutors as most will have the overlays and will test. Tutors round here charge around £20ph and it's often easier for someone else to test your own child.

swedishmum · 06/03/2008 17:20

www.crossboweducation.com/ - 3rd time lucky!

BBBee · 08/03/2008 10:02

there are universitys doing research projects into this area that would do it for free - where about are you?

cornsilk · 10/03/2008 15:03

Manchester

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Yorky · 10/03/2008 15:32

DH found out he was dyslexic at uni, got there through clearing, got a pink overlay, his employer has just paid for him to have a reassessment and a pair of green tinted glasses. The test was done at a local optician, but he had to ask at a few before he found one who did the colour test

crazyjimbob · 10/03/2008 21:34

www.jordanseyes.com

A clinic who do specialist eye tests (think it is in Scotland) and prescribe coloured lenses. Found the link on an ASD forum - many of the parents have been there and spoke very highly of it. I think it said tests are free, but depending on lenses you may have to contribute (look at website for more accurate explanation!)

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