Visual and Auditory Processing Disorders

Running head: CHALLENGES OF VISUAL PROCESSING
Challenges of Visual Processing
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CHALLENGES OF VISUAL PROCESSING
Executive Summary:
Visual processing or perception disorder affects many peers or students as they have been
diagnosed with problems, for example, reading, identifying letters and words, understanding and
performing tasks, which causes learning disability that can show some adverse effects further.
Along with learning disability, students struggling with vision problem also face difficulty in
performing basic life tasks as well, so it is vital to treat the visual problem in order to make them
learn better. There are several strategies used by teachers to improve the students learning ability
and improve their vision disorder, which will benefit them in the long run.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................3
Visual Processing:...........................................................................................................................3
Types of Visual Processing:........................................................................................................4
 Visual figure-ground discrimination issues:.....................................................................4
 Visual discrimination issues:............................................................................................4
 Visual-motor processing issues:........................................................................................4
 Visual sequencing issues:..................................................................................................4
 Visual long or short term memory issues:........................................................................4
 Visual-Spatial issues:........................................................................................................4
 Symbol and Letter reversal issues:....................................................................................4
 Visual closure issues:........................................................................................................4
Effects of Visual Processing in learning:.....................................................................................5
Matters Affecting Visual Perception:..........................................................................................6
Socio-economic difficulties of Visual processing:..................................................................7
Parental involvement:..............................................................................................................8
Improving visual perceptual skill on grade R level:................................................................8
Factors supporting visual processing:..........................................................................................9
Visual processing identification:...............................................................................................10
ADD/ADHD and Dyslexia:...................................................................................................10

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Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................11