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Red Flags of Visual Perception Difficulties
3 or more checks total suggest your child may
benefit from Visual Perception intervention.
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Visual Attention
Can be inattentive, distracted and have poor concentration
Has difficulty alternating attention
(writing a note while listening)
Does not consistently avoid obstacles while walking (does not always 'see' or register the obstacles)
Inaccurate or slow copying/reading
Poorly organized writing
Cannot think of what to write about
Visual Discrimination
Difficulty discriminating between money
Difficulty discriminating length and width
Difficulty telling time
Difficulty self-correcting work
Difficulty reading cursive or varied fonts
Difficulty noticing details about people (may impact them socially)
Decreased ability for letter identification (ie. b/p- 'bat' for 'pat')
Anchor 1
Anchor 5
Anchor 2
Anchor 6
Visual Memory
Difficulty copying from one place to another
Difficulty remembering the alphabet
Difficulty learning basic math facts
Sequential Memory
Words with similar sequences can cause confusion (from/form or left/felt)
Has difficulty remembering the order of events after reading
Forgets assignments and forgets steps that are shown in an activity
Anchor 3
Anchor 7
Spatial Relationships
Can confuse b and d, and p and q
Poor directional sense
(confuses left and right)
Transposes letters and numbers ('on' and 'no', 'was' and 'saw', and 24 and '42')
Difficulty reading charts, maps and diagrams
Poor drawing skills
Unable to accurately draw a person
Letter/word reversals (past 1st grade)
Poor letter/word spacing/alignment
Figure Ground
Difficulty fixating or locating a specific word in a paragraph (looking back in the text for answers and details is frustrating)
Unable to keep place in reading and number work
Delayed ability to find a specific object (such as a pencil in a crayon box)
Easily confused with too much print on the page
Difficulty scanning text to locate specific information
Difficulty completing reading/writing (loses place, omits words, adds words)
Visual Closure
Difficulties in making inferences and predicting outcomes
Difficulty completing a thought
Has difficulty making an accurate judgement from partial information
Confuses similar objects/words, especially words with close beginnings or endings
Oculomotor
Eyes tend to get tired from reading
Frequently rubs their eyes when reading or doing an activity that requires prolonged looking or scanning
Eyes water while reading or working
Has trouble alternating between looking close and far (copying from the board)
Anchor 4
Tendency to write with poor letter formation
Anchor 8
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