Masters Thesis

Visual interpretation and perception program: teacher's manual

In every classroom across America, teachers are facing a common dilemma. They are struggling to answer the individual needs of each child in the classroom. These needs span a wide range of diversity and include learning disabled children with mild to severe deficits. Added now to this already awesome task, are the requirements of Congress' Public Law 94-142 which mandates the inclusion of the handicapped child in the least restrictive school environment. The implementation of this law means that the regular classroom will now have learning disabled students who also have other handicaps. It is the responsibility of school districts to provide their professional educators with the proper tools to be able to diagnose and remediate the learning disabled children in their classes.The Visual Interpretation and Perception Program is such a tool. It was created and designed to facilitate the diagnosis and remediation of deficiencies in visual perception and visual-motor skills. The rationale underlying the program is supported by recent research studies. The Diagnostic Tests are organized into grade level test batteries. The tests may be given in small groups or one-to-one. After-evaluation of the tests by the teacher, the student uses his individual Assignment Sheet to use the practice materials in the Remediation Kit. With consistent and persistent use of the remediation materials, the student reaches a satisfactory level of performance. He then takes a Post Test. When he successfully passes that, he is rewarded and reinforced by doing an Art Design in that area. For particularly severe deficits, the teacher may wish to assign the student to use of the colorful Flocked Cards which integrates the kinesthetic sensory modality with the visual modality.

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