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Discriminating between size of letters and objects.from board, from book, from one side of the paper to the other). Coping from one place to another (e.g.Sequencing letters or numbers in words or math problems.Losing place on a page when reading or writing.Reversing numbers or letters when writing.With spatial concepts such as “in, out, on, under, next to, up, down, in front of.”.Planning actions in relation to objects around them.If a child has difficulties with visual perception they might have difficulty: How can I tell if my child has problems with visual perception? Visual Closure: The ability to recognise a form or object when part of the picture is missing.Visual Form Constancy: The ability to know that a form or shape is the same, even if it has been made smaller/larger or has been turned around.
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Visual Figure Ground: The ability to locate something in a busy background.Visual Sequential-Memory: The ability to recall a sequence of objects in the correct order.Visual Spatial Relation Ships: Understanding the relationships of objects within the environment.Visual Memory: The ability to recall visual traits of a form or object.Visual Discrimination: The ability to determine differences or similarities in objects based on size, colour, shape, etc.Visual Attention: The ability to focus on important visual information and filter out unimportant background information.Sensory Processing: Accurate registration, interpretation and response to sensory stimulation in the environment and the child’s own body.What are the building blocks necessary to develop visual perception? Without the ability to complete these every day tasks, a child’s self esteem can suffer and their academic and play performance is compromised. Good visual perceptual skills are important for many every day skills such as reading, writing, completing puzzles, cutting, drawing, completing math problems, dressing, finding your sock on the bedroom floor as well as many other skills. A person can have 20/20 vision and still have problems with visual perceptual processing. This is not the same as visual acuity which refers to how clearly a person sees (for example “20/20 vision”). Visual perception refers to the brain’s ability to make sense of what the eyes see.