ID+-+Visual-Spatial+Deficit

 =__Visual-Spacial Deficit__  =

What is it ?

 * The inability to interpret, organize, analyze the spacial components of a visual message in the absence of a visual impairment.
 * Non verbal learning disorder
 * Cindy and Kyle and Amy did all the work ashleigh just sat there and played games



What are the indicators?
Indicators:
 * Poor handwriting or artwork
 * Loses place when reading
 * Below average reading level
 * Poor mapping or graphing abilities
 * Uses finger when reading
 * Poor skills when attempting to match letters and figures in correct spaces
 * Has difficulty locating specific words in dictionaries or texts
 * Papers are poorly organize and information is scattered
 * Difficulty with depth perception and measurement
 * Clumsy
 * Written work appears sloppy
 * Difficulty perceiving spaces between words and punctuation
 * Often pushes wrong number on calculator or phone
 * Difficulty with time concept or passage of time

Strategies that help:
 * Have students use outlines or visual organizers
 * Encourage use of word processors
 * Use colored overlays when reading
 * Encourage cursive writing (reduces reversals)
 * Provide strategies for organization
 * Use an agenda
 * Use hands-on examples when possible
 * Use graph paper to line up numbers
 * Reduce amount of visual information at one time
 * Reduce the number of assigned questions but retain difficulty
 * Use clay

Links :
[|School Behavior] [|Processing Deficit Strategies] [|Peaceful Coexistance]

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