Visual Perceptual Training
Teaching the brain to interpret what the eyes see.
Suitable for ages 4 – 14 years
Overview
Visual perception is how the brain makes sense of visual information — discriminating shapes, remembering sequences, finding a figure in a busy background, and completing a partial image. Weakness here affects reading, copying, spelling and maths layout even when eyesight is perfect.
We assess visual discrimination, memory, spatial relations, form constancy, sequential memory, figure-ground and closure, and train each area with graded puzzles, matching, mazes and copying tasks.
Signs your child may need this therapy
- Confuses similar letters such as b/d, p/q, m/w
- Loses place while reading or skips lines
- Struggles to copy accurately from the board
- Cannot find an object in a cluttered drawer
- Difficulty with jigsaw puzzles and block designs
- Poor alignment of maths columns
Benefits of Visual Perceptual Training
- Fewer letter and number reversals
- More accurate copying and note-taking
- Improved reading tracking and comprehension
- Better organisation of written work
- Stronger puzzle, matching and drawing skills
- Faster completion of visual classroom tasks
Treatment process
- STEP 1
Detailed OT evaluation
A 60–75 minute session covering developmental history, sensory profile, muscle tone, coordination, hand skills and daily-living independence, using tools such as the Sensory Profile-2 and DASII/Peabody-based motor measures.
- STEP 2
Shared goal setting
We translate findings into 3–5 functional goals that matter at home and school — holding a pencil, sitting through a meal, tolerating a haircut, buttoning a shirt.
- STEP 3
Individual therapy plan
Your child receives a written plan specifying session frequency, activity progression, equipment used and the home programme that supports it.
- STEP 4
Weekly play-based sessions
45-minute one-to-one sessions in our sensory gym and fine-motor studio. Activities are graded so your child is always working just beyond their comfort zone, never past it.
- STEP 5
Parent training
The last 10 minutes of every session are for you: what we did, why, and the two or three things to practise before the next visit.
- STEP 6
Progress review
Formal re-assessment every 12 weeks with a written report, updated goals and a discharge pathway once targets are met.
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