An area of student need, involving difficulty with organizing and rotating visual information.
• Provide clear and concise oral instructions.
• Pair oral with visual/concrete manipulatives.
• Check with the student for his/her level of understanding.
• Encourage the student to ask questions for clarification.
• Use speech to text assistive technology.
• Teach the student to self-talk as a method of problem solving.
• Provide copies of notes.
• Use graph paper to line up math questions.
• Develop a reference sheet on how to read maps.
• Use preferential seating to reduce visual distractions.
• Use assistive technology.
• Provide extra time.
• Use oral testing/scribing.
• Offer a choice of assessments/assignments.
• Provide a lot of space for answers.
Students with visual-spatial processing needs may have trouble with remembering left from right and not be able to see visual patterns. They may have difficulty mentally seeing how pieces would fit together, make mistakes with estimating distance, have difficulty with reading information from visual sources like maps and charts. Copying can be challenging as well.
Resources
A perceptual disorder involving improper processing of light waves - Information and strategies
