Dear Parent/Guardian:
The State of Connecticut requires that all girls in grade 5 be screened for Scoliosis. Boys are no longer screened for scoliosis in grade 5. The purpose of postural screening is to detect signs of spinal curvature at their earliest stages so that the need for treatment can be determined.
The procedure for screening is simple. The school nurse will evaluate your child's back while she stands and bends forward. For this screening, girls will be seen separately and privately. Girls must remove their blouses and may wear a bathing suit top or bra, which exposes both shoulder blades. Girls may not wear a tank top as coverage. It is necessary for the entire back to be visible during the screening process. Shoes and socks must be removed.
If your health care provider has screened your daughter after June 1, 2021, you may provide the results of this postural screening to the Health Office. It must be signed and stamped by your health care provider. CT statute (10-214) does not permit acceptance of screening by chiropractors. Documentation that your child has been screened with results from the health care provider must be received by the Health Office by April 27th. We will be screening Thursday March 10th and Friday March 11th.
Please contact the health office if your daughter has been screened, your daughter will be screened by their health care provider, or if you have additional questions.
Thank you,
Valerie Alberti, RN
R.H. Brown School
albertiv@madison.k12.ct.us
203-245-6407
Fax 203-245-6425