Tend to leave out parts of words or entire words, and leaves out parts of worksheets. Visual Discrimination Difficulty correcting Have student papers with letter -ability to recognize errors in school work formation, sizing, and spacing errors and similarities and Difficulty distinguishing circle errors with different colored pen. differences between similarities and Sort coins and other objects shapes, size, colors, differences in the Matching and memory games objects, and patterns. formation of letters or objects, ie letter reversals. Difficulty discriminating between size of letters and objects Visual Memory May have problems Play memory games -ability to immediately reproducing figures Use manipulatives to form letters and recall what the eye has from memory causing shapes (ie Wiki sticks, pipe cleaners, etc) seen. the student to mix Make verbal descriptions of letter upper and lower case formations to pair with visual letters. Visual cues help to facilitate recall Deficits also influence Read directions aloud near and far point Keep visual information clear, copying and tends to uncluttered and concise. copy only one letter or Allow student to have a copy of peer or number at a time from teacher notes the board. Difficulty remembering words and what was read. Difficulties in reading comprehension. Visual Spatial Difficulty differentiating Practice copying pictures from paper. Relations between d, p, q”. Movement activities or chores/jobs “b, -ability to determine Difficulty with spatial Use visual cues to indicate when that one form or part concepts reading or writing. of a form is turned in a Results in inconsistent Use Directional arrows to help with different direction that symbol reversals and directions or placement. the others. transposing numbers or Use of paper to help with spacing of letters letters or math problems. Forgets where to start reading or loses place on page when reading. Sources: & therapyfunzone.net (For More Info See Appendix: of Poor Visual Perception”) “Symptoms
Tend to leave out parts of words or entire words, and leaves out parts of worksheets. Visual Discrimination -ability to recognize similarities and differences between shapes, size, colors, objects, and patterns. Difficulty correcting errors in school work Difficulty distinguishing similarities and differences in the formation of letters or objects, ie letter reversals. Difficulty discriminating between size of letters and objects Have student papers with letter formation, sizing, and spacing errors and circle errors with different colored pen. Sort coins and other objects Matching and memory games Visual Memory -ability to immediately recall what the eye has seen. May have problems reproducing figures from memory causing the student to mix upper and lower case letters. Deficits also influence near and far point copying and tends to copy only one letter or number at a time from the board. Difficulty remembering words and what was read. Difficulties in reading comprehension. Play memory games Use manipulatives to form letters and shapes (ie Wiki sticks, pipe cleaners, etc) Make verbal descriptions of letter formations to pair with visual Visual cues help to facilitate recall Read directions aloud Keep visual information clear, uncluttered and concise. Allow student to have a copy of peer or teacher notes Visual Spatial Relations -ability to determine that one form or part of a form is turned in a different direction that the others. Difficulty differentiating between “b, d, p, q”. Difficulty with spatial concepts Results in inconsistent symbol reversals and transposing numbers or letters Forgets where to start reading or loses place on page when reading. Practice copying pictures from paper. Movement activities or chores/jobs Use visual cues to indicate when reading or writing. Use Directional arrows to help with directions or placement. Use of paper to help with spacing of letters or math problems. Sources: & therapyfunzone.net (For More Info See Appendix: “Symptoms of Poor Visual Perception”)