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Visual Motor Deficit
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VISUAL MOTOR DEFICIT
STRATEGIES
-Avoid grading handwriting
-Allow students to dictate creative stories
-Provide alternative for written assignments
-Suggest use of pencil grips and specially designed pencils and pens
-Allow use of computer or word processor
MORE STRATEGIES
- May have reversals: b for d, p for q or inversions: u for n, w for m
- Has difficulty negotiating around campus
- Complains eyes hurt and itch, rubs eyes, complains print blurs while reading
- Turns head when reading across page or holds paper at odd angles
- Closes one eye while working, may yawn while reading
-Restrict copying tasks (provide students with notes)
-Provide tracking tools: ruler, text windows
-Use large print books
-Plan to order or check out books on tape
-Experiment with different paper types: pastels, graph, embossed raised line paper
-give answers orally instead of in writing.
Signs and Symptoms
PRESENTATION AGENDA
- What is Visual Motor deficiency
- What are some of the signs and symptoms
- What some strategies that Teacher/Parent do to help their student
HOW TO SOLVE
- Visually complex worksheets
- Mixed math facts
- Acknowledge honestly
Affects the Understanding of information that a person sees, or the ability to draw or copy.
- A characteristic seen in people with learning disabilities such as Dysgraphia or Non-verbal Learning disability
Definition
More Signs and symptoms
- Cannot copy accurately
- Loses place frequently
- Does not recognize an object/word if only part of it is shown
- Holds pencil too tightly; often breaks pencil point/crayons
- Struggles to cut or paste
-missing letters; may have messy papers
Break it Down
Beery VMI Test
- Visual Part
- Motor Part