Visual Perceptual Evaluations

Visual analysis abilities are essential for quick and accurate identification and discrimination of objects, for comparing similarities and differences, recognizing and generalizing forms, and for coming to valid conclusions based on the accurate analysis of visual information.

A visual perceptual evaluation is a separate evaluation prescribed by the doctor after their eye health exam. This is an hour and a half appointment done to evaluate visual processing skills.

During our evaluation we will complete 5 separate tests:

  1. TVPS-4 (Test of Visual Perceptual Skills)

  2. Beery VMI (Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration)

  3. AVIT (Auditory-Visual Integration Test)

  4. Piaget Left-Right Awareness Test

  5. Gardener - reversals frequency testAfter testing the doctor will determine the prescribed time. A report will be sent to the patients portal through: MindsEyeCenter.infinitevt.com. An appointment will be set up with one of our patient education specialists to review the results and treatment plan.

    We seamlessly integrate visual processing therapy into our vision therapy program. Using specialized tools and techniques, we target eye teaming and alignment while incorporating engaging games and activities designed to enhance visual processing skills.

    We are more than happy to meet with teachers or any other providers (in-person or virtually) to review the evaluation and recommended accommodations. As the patient progresses through therapy we can send updates on the vision accommodations that are no longer necessary.

Visual Figure Ground

Visual Figure-Ground is the visual perceptual skill that allows you to attend to one object without being distracted by irrelevant background and surrounding objects.

Visual Discrimination

Visual Discrimination is the visual perceptual skill that allows you to detect the differences in objects, and the ability to classify objects, symbols, or shapes.

Visual Closure

Visual Closure is the visual perceptual skill that allows you to know what an object is even though the object is only partially visible.

Spatial Awareness

This skill involves the ability to know where one is in relation to the environment, where other objects are in the environment in relation to one's self, and where objects are in the environment in relation to each other. It also involves the ability to judge size, distance, spatial relationships, position and orientation in space, and the skills of directionality and sequentialization. Although letter and number reversal is common at a younger age, if it is abnormally delayed, it can suggest certain visual processing deficits.

Visual Memory/Visual Sequential Memory

This skill involves the ability to form a mental image in the "mind's eye", to change that image at will or when directed, to project images and formulate ideas, and for imagination and creativity. These skills are important for learning letters and sight words, and for developing rich reading comprehension abilities. Visual memory also involves the ability to visually "see" things spoken, felt, or remembered so that vision substitutes or complements experiences for greater understanding.

The Garderner and the Piaget test processing applied spatial relations:

​​​​​​​Laterality/Directionality
Laterality is the internal awareness that there are two sides of the body (left and right) and that they are different. It requires good balance, vestibular function, and an awareness of the body midline (an invisible line that divides your body in half). Directionality incorporates up/down, left/right, in front/behind, etc., and any combination thereof onto the world we see. Difficulties in laterality can cause problems with decoding letters and numbers.

The AVIT and the Beery test sensory integration processing.

This is the ability to supplement, relate, and complement information acquired through other sensory modalities (touch, hearing, movement) to that acquired through vision so that information may be processed more accurately, completely, and efficiently. This also involves the visual system's ability to guide and moderate the motor system, affecting the areas of fine motor, posture, general coordination, and eye-hand coordination.