V ISUAL P ERCEPTUAL S KILLS
V ISUAL PERCEPTION REFERS TO GROUP OF VISUAL COGNITIVE SKILLS USED FOR EXTRACTING AND ORGANIZING VISUAL INFORMATION FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AND INTEGRATING IT WITH OTHER SENSORY MODALITIES AND HIGHER COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS.
V ISUAL P ROCESSING IS FURTHER DEFINED AS ACTIVE PROCESS OF LOCATING AND EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM THE ENVIRONMENT, COMPRISING THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES :
Discrimination Memory Closure Visual Spatial Relationships Visual Motor Integration Visual Association Figure-Ground Discrimination
T WO O THER A SPECTS OF V ISUAL P ERCEPTION R ELEVANT TO O RIENTATION AND M OBILITY AND F ACILITATION OF V ISION IN D AILY L IFE : Depth Perception Color Perception
A SSESSMENT OF VARIOUS PERCEPTUAL ABILITIES WILL YIELD AN ESTIMATE OF HOW VISUAL IMPAIRMENT INFLUENCES DAY TO DAY INTERACTIONS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, AND, TO HELP DETERMINE THE TYPE OF LEARNING MEDIA THAT WILL BE MOST MEANINGFUL TO THE STUDENT. Rationale
B EFORE COMPLETING V ISUAL P ERCEPTUAL S KILLS PROTOCOL, ADMINISTER THE DIVE, THE PROTOCOL FOR ASSESSMENT AND COMPARISON OF VISUAL BEHAVIORS WITH COGNITIVE, SOCIAL AND MOTOR PROCESSES.
A DMINISTRATION OF DIVE P ROTOCOL (C HECKLIST ) Use the DIVE (Developmental Inventory of Visual Efficiency) as a developmental guide to the types and levels of perceptual abilities that are expected at various age levels.
V ISUAL P ERCEPTUAL S KILLS Complete the following items based on review of items found on DIVE appropriate to student’s developmental functioning level. All processes may not be addressed – depending on developmental level. Each process is scored Passed (P), Emerging (E), or Absent (A) relative to student’s developmental range of functioning.
V ISUAL P ERCEPTUAL S KILLS Depth Visual Closure Visual Discrimination Social Color Form Size Pattern Visual Association Visual Memory Visual Sequencing Figure-Ground Relationships Eye-Hand Integration
D EVELOPMENTAL LEVEL MOST CONSISTENTLY MASTERED : D EVELOPMENTAL LEVEL EMERGING : P ERCEPTUAL STRENGTHS : P ERCEPTUAL WEAKNESSES :