Developing Ocular Motor and Visual Perceptual Skills: An Activity Workbook

Other helpful features include a glossary of terms and a reference list of individuals and organizations that work with learning disabled children to develop these skills. The first of its kind, Developing Ocular Motor and Visual Perceptual Skills utilizes a learning approach by linking the theories with the remediation activities to help learning disabled children improve their perceptual and fine motor skills. All professionals looking to assess and enhance a variety of fine motor and visual perception deficiencies will welcome this workbook into their practices.

Table of Contents:
Contents Dedication Acknowledgments Preface Chapter 1: How to Use This Book Chapter 2: The Complexity of Reading Chapter 3: Eye Movements and Reading Chapter 4: Ocular Motor OM-1: Colored Overlays OM-2: Figure Ground OM-3 :Static Fixation OM-4: Line Counting OM-5: Fixation Activities OM-6: Four Corner Fixation OM-7: Pencil Pursuits OM-8: Number Pursuits OM-9: Global Scanning OM-10: Letter Search OM-11: Words in Words OM-12: Visual Scanning OM-13: Yardstick Fixations OM-14: Pencils With Numbers OM-15: String Reading OM-16: Near-Far Letter Naming OM-17: Baseball Fixations OM-18: Spatial Attention OM-19: Peripheral Training OM-20: Marsden Ball OM-21: VMC Bat OM-22: Brock String OM-23: Pursuit Reading OM-24: Dictionary Training OM-25: Board-Book Reading OM-26: Orthography Activities Chapter 5: Gross Motor GM-1: One Foot Hop GM-2: Stepping Stones GM-3: Heel and Toe Rock GM-4: Pattern Hopping GM-5: Gross Motor Balance Sequencing GM-6: Foot Tapping GM-7: Bean Bag Basketball GM-8: Crawling Activities GM-9: Marine Crawl GM-10: Creeping Activities GM-11: Colored Squares GM-12: Head Tilt GM-13: Eight Square Bouncing GM-14: Letter Tracking and Bouncing a Ball GM-15: Activities for Ball Bouncing GM-16: Beanbag Activities GM-17: Balance Board on Hands and Knees GM-18: VMC Bat While Balancing GM-19: Tape Walking GM-20: Walking Rail / Balance Beam GM-21: Trampoline GM-22: Jump Rope Activities GM-23: Rhythm GM-24: Rhythm - 2 GM-25: Finger to Thumb GM-26: Dual - Task GM-27: Rhyme/Sound Categorization GM-28: Mental Rotations GM-29: Visual Imagery Chapter 6: Visual Motor Perception VMP-1: Bean Counting VMP-2: Nuts and Bolts VMP-3: Line Drawing VMP-4: Flashlight Activities VMP-5: Angles and Oblique Lines VMP-6: Proximal and Distal Kinesthetic Reinforcement VMP-7: Motor Planning VMP-8: Kinesthesia VMP-9: Finish the Designs VMP-10: Geoboards VMP-11: Dot Pattern Designs VMP-12: Can You Imagine a Shape? VMP-13: Matchsticks VMP-14: Lines and Shapes VMP-15: Round Paper Drawings VMP-16: Occluded Vision Copying VMP-17: Triangle and Square VMP-18: Bimanual Coordination VMP-19: Continuity VMP-20: Points and Continuity VMP-21: Handwriting Development VMP-22: Letter Size Spelling VMP-23: Frequently Difficult Letters VMP-24: Pencil Grip Relaxation VMP-25: Mirror Image Activities VMP-26: Eye-Hand and Fine Motor Control VMP-27: Space Matching VMP-28: 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe VMP-29: Spatial Relationships VMP-30: The Relationship of Surrounding VMP-31: Linear and Circular Order VMP-32: Knots VMP-33 Vectors Chapter 7: Visual Memory VM-1: Identifying Digit Span VM-2: Clock Memory Game VM-3: Auditory Span VM-4: Color Sequencing VM-5: Sequence Memory Skills VM-6: Rhythm VM-7: Hand Sequencing VM-8: Digit Span/Spatial Task VM-9: Sentence Endings VM-10: Daily Memories VM-11: Motor Sequencing VM-12: Upper and Lower Case VM-13: Semantic Association VM-14: Chunking VM-15: Number Scans and Math VM-16: Colors for Directions VM-17: Scan Memory VM-18: Visual Spatial Memory VM-19: Initial Blends VM-20: Sign Language Alphabet VM-21: Word List/Two Second Span VM-22: Consonants VM-23: Verb Generation VM-24: Grid Dots VM-25: Word Shapes A VM-26 Dual Task VM-27: Word Shapes B Chapter 8: Laterality L-1: Head Roll L-2: Body Roll L-3: Maze Game L-4: Flashlight Walking L-5: Walking Procedure L-6: Numbered Circles on Marker Board L-7: Angels in the Snow L-8: Coding on Marker Board L-9: Tactile Reinforcement L-10: The Clock Game L-11: Midline Training L-12: Reciprocal Movements L-13: Tic-Tac-Toe L-14: Xs Procedure L-15: Arrows on Board L-16: Vertical Lines L-17: Body Awareness L-18: Laterality Coding L-19: Directional U Saccades L-20: Directional Arrows Chapter 9: Reversals Rev-1: Letter Orientation Rev-2: B-D-P-Q Sorting Rev-3: Directional U Saccades Rev-4: Directional Arrows Rev-5 Teach Letters by Classes Rev-6: Flash Cards and Reversed Letters Rev-7: Fill in the Loops Rev-8: The Bed Rev-9: Vectors Rev-10: Commonly Reversed Words Rev-11: Distinctive Features Rev-12: Bilateral Circles Rev-13: Marker Board Squares Rev-14: Figure Eights Rev-15: Triangle and Square Rev-16: Felt Letters Rev-17: Magazine Letter Hunt Chapter 10: Examples of Daily Lesson Plans Glossary of Terms Appendices A: Questionnaire B: Important Names and Addresses Index

About the Author :
Kenneth A. Lane, OD is a doctor of optometry and a fellow with the College of Optometrists in Vision Development. Since his first book, Reversal Errors: Theories and Therapy Procedures, in 1988, Dr. Lane has published Developing Your Child for Success, and a series of workbooks that deal with eye tracking and perception. He started the Lane Learning Center to help learning-disabled children in 1980. Visual Attention in Children: Theories and Activities is the result of 3 years of research. Dr. Lane lives with his wife, Janet, in north Texas and spends his leisure time in Ruidoso, New Mexico.

Review :
"Professionals who are looking for a way to assess and address a variety of fine motor and visual perception deficiencies will welcome this workbook into their practices. The book will be of help to parents and teachers as well." — Savannah Jones, Review Editor, SirReadaLot.org "...if you are in need of suggested activities and possible ways of developing interventions, this text can serve as a starting point." — Leonard G. Trujillo, PhD, OTR/L, East Carolina University Occupational Therapy in Healthcare