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Classroom Strategies
Visual Processing
Difficulty seeing or processing/understanding what is seen
Possible Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities
- Low-vision
- Visual Perception Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Observable Behavior
Discrimination
Figure Ground
- difficulty comparing and contrasting newly experienced visual information with each other or with known perceptions.
- lacks speed in observing and understanding symbols on chalkboard, overheads.
- may have trouble copying far point (on board) material into near point (notebook)
- confuses words that look alike-poor reader
Figure Ground
- difficulty distinguishing object from its sensory background
- confusion when focusing on detail (i.e., painting, illustrations, statistical tables, slide presentation)
- part to whole relationship problems
- may have problem with small type or print or poor contrast (i.e., purple stencil-old manuscript)
- great difficulty when much information crowded into small space
- trouble labeling diagrams on test
- slow reader because she/he loses place on page
What to do
- check notes with someone else
- before class preview overheads, maps and diagrams
- study spelling of new terms
- ask questions when you are confused
- preview materials
- use pen not pencil
- when preparing illustrations or diagrams do a rough draft and have it checked
- read ahead
Observable Behavior
Spatial Awareness
Sequencing
- difficulty with left/right orientation (i.e., following instructions in lab)
- clumsy, spills and bumps into things
- may have difficulty with math, knows rate computation, trouble with concepts
- poor alignment of numbers leads to careless mistakes
Sequencing
- poor spelling (i.e., same word spelled three different ways on the same page; unable to monitor own work)
- difficulty reproducing or recalling sequence of symbols (i.e., dosage of medication, phone numbers)
What to do
- use graph paper for math work
- use a code (i.e., elastic on left wrist)
- work slowly until entirely familiar with equipment; practice ahead
- use large pads of paper (18 24 inches) and draw pictures of math concepts
- write your own real life word problems for practice
- use different colors of pencils for each concept
- use flow charts for instructions
- make vocabulary list and practice spelling words
For additional information please contact the Counselor/Coordinator of Student Accommodations
at 217/234-5259 or email Jordan Hicks at jhicks50392@lakeland.cc.il.us
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