Program for Vision & Hearing Screeners

For over 50 years, the Washington State Migrant Education Program (MEP) has supported the health and educational needs of migratory children. In partnership with the NWESD School Nurse Corps (SNC), MEP provides instrument-based screening tools to improve screening accuracy, practice, and provider referrals across our five-county region.

Available Equipment

The OSPI Migrant Program lends the following equipment via the NWESD SNC Lending Library:

• 2 Welch Allyn Spot Vision Screeners

• 2 Audiometers

• 1 Welch Allyn OAE Hearing Screener

SNC coordinates scheduling and distribution for all equipment.

Eligibility & Focus

• Target Population: Migrant youth ages 3–21 residing in Washington.

• Primary Focus Grades: 4th, 6th, and 8th–12th grades.

• Borrowing Priority List:

  1. ESD MEP Out of School Youth (OSY)/Health Coordinators

  2. MEP Project School Districts

  3. Non-Project School Districts with migrant students

  4. Districts supporting regional MEP events

Borrower Requirements

To borrow equipment, districts must:

• Follow all MEP and SNC Lending Library policy and procedures.

• Ensure screeners are operated only by trained personnel with documented competency.

• Maintain responsibility for equipment safety and proper handling.

• Collect and report migrant student screening and referral data to the ESD MEP Health Coordinator.

Ready to request a screener?

Email Liz Frederick at efrederick@nwesd.org