Symptoms of Poor Vision Perception
Performance Symptoms:
- Letter reversals (b, d, q, p)
- Number reversals (42 -24)
- Repeatedly confuses right/left direction
- Word reversals (was/saw)
- Grips pencil too tightly/poor pencil grip
- Poor handwriting
- Poor spacing when writing
- Uses other hand as "spacer" to
control spacing when writing
- Writes uphill or downhill
- Orients drawings/writing poorly on page
- Poor shape recognition/difficulty copying
shapes.
- Confuses similar words
- Failure to recognize same word in next
sentence
- Poor visualization/spells words based on
sounds only
- Poor comprehension (unable to describe
what they have been reading)
- Poor motor coordination/difficulty with
sports
- FRUSTRATION WITH SCHOOLWORK
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Symptoms of Poor Tracking Skills
Performance Symptoms:
- Avoids near point paper work
- Poor posture while reading
- Head tilting when reading or writing
- Holds book too close to eyes
- Homework requiring reading takes a long
time
- Poor attention during work period
- Loses place when reading
- Uses a marker to keep place when reading
- Moves head when reading
- Omits, re-reads words/letters
- Re-reads lines when reading
- Repeats letters within words
- Reads big words, but misreads/misses
smaller words (and, but, if...)
- Difficulty copying from chalkboard
- Avoids reading out loud
- Enjoys being read to/avoids self-reading
- Whispers to self for reinforcement when
silently reading
- Comprehension declines as reading
continues
- Misaligns numbers in math
- Loses place while copying from chalkboard
- Does not look directly into speaker's
eyes
- EASILY DISTRACTED
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