My daughter has had special ed. testing. Her main area of difficulty is reading. The testing seems to indicate weakness in visual perception, visual organization, perceptual syntheseis, and long-term visual memory skills. She is in Title I reading and speech. No resource intervention at this time. I would appreciate any information you may have on these areas and specificly intervention for the classroom teacher and also at home. Thank you, Sue
Re: visual perception difficulties
I second the SI OT. My daughter has done fabulously with this intervention. Of COURSE, it was paid for privately. Her ability to transfer from the board, reading, writing, etc. all improved.
The Out of Sync Child will give you wealth of information. My evaluator immediately suggested the SI OT when she saw my daughter’s gap between IQ and performance (28 to 42 pts.). It was worth every penny.
Eye therapy often helps but I also would consider have her evaluated by an OT specializing in sensory integration as well. Sometimes visual problems have a vestibular (balance system) component. This has been the case with my son and we have had limited success with eye therapy which we followed up with PACE. This is one approach that has been successful for others—as long as there are no sensory integration issues.
You also might look at the book the Out of Sync Child first. There is a section in there about the interaction between the vestibular and visual (as well as auditory). It is my child to a tee.
Beth