6. Reading Assessment

learning to read has predominantly visual _______ demands

perceptual

reading to learn has predominantly visual _______ demands

efficiency

some kids benefit from bottom up visual skills therapy because....

they have troubles with that skill

they get a _____ effect from the specific attention to their problem

we can improve other skills at the same time

placebo

does VT always solve both reading and visual skills?

no

a patients visual _____ must exceed their visual demands/challenges

abilities

some patients with normal vision for standard tests will still have vision problems for complex activities or under ______, like learning something new

stress

if a patient is a poor reader, we need to know if _____ is related

vision

parents can sometimes report poor school performance and adaptive behaviors such as what three things?

avoidance, short attention span and odd reading posture

what are the two symptom surverys?

COVD and CISS

what are two abnormal reading postures?

close reading distance and head turn

visual perceptual confusion can include:

poor ______ of drawings on page

orientation

visual perceptual confusion can include:

shade _______ lights

overhead

visual perceptual confusion can include:

distractibility/ _____ _____

short attention

ocular symptoms associated with reading dysfunction:

____ blur

eyes _____

headache

____ an eye

uses _____ to keep place

near itch cover finger