VISUAL PERCEPTION AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING
Needed when using a computer or augmentative communication device on the scanning mode to remember the location of the desired selection.
VISUAL TRACKING
- Used during feeding, dressing, and homemaking. The ability to complete a simple maze can make these tasks easier.
- Essential in learning to read across a line and across a page.
VISUAL MATCHING SKILLS
Often used in sorting tasks for prevocational learning and letter discrimination in reading and spelling.
VISUAL SEQUENTIAL MEMORY
Used in higher level reading and numerical calculations and also for remembering phone numbers and addresses.
VISUAL CLOSURE
Used when incomplete cues in the environment make visual completion of a form necessary, as in puzzles and games
VISUAL FORM CONSTANCY
Skill needed for recognition of forms when they are smaller, bigger, or turned upside down. This is used during dressing, feeding, and hygiene tasks and also in letter and number recognition in reading and math.
VISUAL SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS
Involve the orientation of objects in space and are used in activities of daily living such as dressing, feeding, communication, and homemaking. Academically, they affect visual organisation on paper and following directions.
It is clear that using all of these skills to accomplish everyday tasks is essential to the well-being of the person. On the other hand, an individual who has difficulty in one or more areas of visual perception may experience interference with the performance of daily activities.