Program or Service Description:
Our agency provides screening to all children 3 years of age and up. We provide service to all licensed day care providers, public schools, private schools, and early childhood screenings. Vision and hearing screenings are done to identify children with vision or hearing impairments unidentified in their normal daily activities. These impairments not only affect the eyes and ears of the child, but the total child. Children with impaired vision often are not aware of their handicap, therefore they do not complain or seek help. Children with impaired hearing may have language and speech delay and they may compensate for their hearing defect by becoming overly aggressive, defiant, or disobedient. Others withdraw, avoid or shun group activities.

What are the goals of the program?
Identify vision and hearing problems and refer

Who is this program/service for?
This program serves child populations age 3 years to graduate of High School.

Who is eligible for this program/service?
Hearing and Vision screening are provided to children age 3 and older in any public or private educational program or licensed child-care facility. Children in public, independent, private and parochial school guideline: 1. Vision requires all children in pre-k, kindergarten, second, eighth grade, all new students and teacher referrals. (Not under care of a physician) 2. Hearing requires all children in pre-k, kindergarten, first, second, third grade, all new students and teacher referrals. (Not under care of a physician)

For More Information Contact:

St. Clair County Health Department
19 Public Square, Suite 150
Belleville, IL  62220-1624
Telephone: 618-233-6175 ext 4437