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Visual Perception

Teaching children, assessing children, Advising parents, advising schools, advising teachers, Monsarratt Specialist Teaching Services, Sarah jane Monsarratt, North East, Redcar
Visual perception refers to the brain’s ability to make sense of what the eyes see. This is not the same as visual acuity which refers to how clearly a person sees (for example “20/20 vision”). A person can have 20/20 vision and still have problems with visual perceptual processing.

Why is visual perception important?

Good visual perceptual skills are important for many everyday skills.

Resource booklet full of classroom strategies to help with visual-perceptual difficulties –  Strategies to improve visual perception and memory.pdf

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Visual Stress

What are the symptoms?
Light Sensitivity
Discomfort in fluorescent light, sunlight, bright lights, glare, lights at night.
Poor depth perception
Problems judging distance or spatial relationships, causing difficulty with stairs, escalators, sports, driving and perspective.
Eyestrain & headaches
Sore, dry or watery eyes, headaches and migraine, drowsiness and fatigue from computers, reading and lighting.
Attention deficit disorders
Difficulty concentrating, listening and completing work.
Contrast & colour sensitivity
Difficulty with black print on white paper, bright colours, white boards and patterns such as stripes and polka dots.
Restricted span
Inability to read words in groups or see whole objects clearly in the environment.
Inefficient reading
Inability to develop or make use of reading skills due to skipping of words/lines, rereading of information, slow reading rate, problems with tracking and poor comprehension.
Distortions of print
Problems with print seeming to move, fade, disappear, swirl, blur and form patterns. The light background can dominate or sparkle and shimmer

Cross Bow Education provide different coloured reading rulers which may help alleviate the glare students experience when reading black text on white paper.

What is Irlen Syndrome? Click here to find out more

Eye Level Reading Rulers – Crossbow

Exercise-Book-A4 -coloured pages

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SEND Code of Practice 2015

This statutory code contains:

Details of legal requirements that you must follow without exception.

It explains the duties of local authorities, health bodies, schools and colleges to provide for those with special educational needs under part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014.

Filed Under: SEN

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Dyslexia Friendly Schools Practice  Guide

Dyslexia Friendly Classrooms  – A Whole School Approach
An integral part of an inclusive, dyslexia friendly school is the dyslexia friendly classroom.  A dyslexia friendly classroom enables children and young people to adopt different routes to learning and achievement and offers a variety of approaches to recording.  A dyslexia friendly classroom supports all children and young people to access a broad and balanced curriculum.  Multi-sensory approaches are evident.  A dyslexia friendly classroom enables all children and young people to make progress.
Additional information can be found in the Dyslexia Friendly Schools Practice Guide

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A classroom guide to Working Memory 

This booklet provides an introduction to working memory and the role it plays in everyday life, especially in supporting learning in school. The learning difficulties commonly faced by children with very poor working memory skills are described, and are illustrated with case studies.
Teaching children, supporting children,                                      WM-classroom-guide click here

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National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN)

Nasen is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom which aims to promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special and additional support needs. The organisation provides advice, training and support to education professionals and its work on behalf of its members helps to inform special educational needs policy.

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Filed Under: SEN

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