Topic 3-4: Visual Information Processing (VIP) and Academic Performance Flashcards
What visual components do we use when we learn how to read?
1) Accurate oculomotor skills
2) Visual perception and memory
3) Ability to integrate auditory and visual stimuli
What visual components do we use when we read to learn?
1) Accommodation and binocularity
2) Oculomotor control
When reading to learn, does visual perception play more or less of a role?
Less of a role.
We assume the rest of word due to context clues and what we may think it is.
What 2 visual components have the biggest impact on reading ability?
Visual memory and Visual Discrimination
What can visual motor integration (VMI) predict?
It can predict how successful a kid will be in later grades
What classroom accommodations do optometrists have to adhere to?
1) Americans with Disability Act
2) Section 504
3) Idividuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
4) Idividualized Education Plan (IEP)
What Act is a civil rights law allowing for ALL individuals with disability to have equal access to services and facilities?
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
What does ADA do?
Allows people with disability to access to facilities and services. This includes ramps, wheelchair accessible, etc.
What Act is a civil rights law allowing for disabled individuals who receive federal funds to have equal access to services and facilities?
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation act
Does ADA or Section 504 specifically include patients with some visual diagnoses?
Section 504
What Act is specific for children with disabilities have the right to a free, appropriate public education (FAPE)?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Who does IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) cover?
-Children with disabilities in K-12.
-Individuals aged 18-21 with disabilities.
-Children under the age of 3 if they are “at risk”
They must have disability AND need special education or they would not fall under this Act.
What does the legal document of IEP have in it?
1)Child’s current level of performance and learning needs
2) Services and accommodations the school will provide
3) How progress will be measured
4) Transition planning for teens/young adults post-HS
When must an IEP be reevaluated?
Every year
Which visual memory is about the ability to remember whole words as visual gestalts?
Visual spatial memory
