Avoidance or constant complaints about reading or other arms-length vision work. Poor handwriting that dosen't improve with practice. Writing up or down hill. Trouble copying written work, especially from board to paper. Child covers one eye or has poor posture when reading or doing near work.
ADD is suspected, yet child can concentrate on something they love to do.
You or a teacher suspect that something seems wrong with his or her eyes. Someone suggested your child have an eye exam, but you have doubts. This site provides information about general eye health issues from an ophthalmology perspective. The pages devoted to children's eye health and the bulletin board here are especially informative. This is a more traditional MD point of view on vision and has extremely high-quality, useful information on various treatment options.