Main description:

Now in a revised and updated second edition, Early Visual Skills is a practical manual for use with children and young people who have underdeveloped visual perceptual skills. Twelve clear and easy-to-follow sections, focusing on skills such as attention, discrimination, sequencing, concentration and memory, are filled with carefully designed activities to stimulate visual attention and discrimination skills in children with a range of developmental levels and abilities.

Features include:

A wide range of activities suited to both the early years and home settings
Links to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework and topics reflecting the EYFS and the Key Stage 1 curriculum
Photocopiable materials designed to document the child's development over time

As most of the activities are non-verbal, they are well suited for children with limited spoken language, including EAL (English as an Additional Language) learners, the deaf, sensory impaired, or those with autism or learning difficulties. Whilst primarily designed for early years practitioners, SENCOs (Special Educational Needs Coordinator), specialist teachers, therapists and other professionals, there are activity sheets and guidance for parents to provide them practical advice on how to stimulate visual perceptual skills at home, turning their child's everyday routines into opportunities to stimulate visual awareness.

Contents:

Acknowledgements Introduction Section 1 Look at Me Section 2 Let's Look Together Section 3 Looking and Following Section 4 Visual Scanning Section 5 Visual Matching Section 6 Visual Sorting Section 7 Visual Sequencing Section 8 Complex Visual Discrimination Section 9 Visual Memory and Concentration Section 10 Holiday Projects Section 11 Visual Skills in the Curriculum Section 12 Visual Resources Appendix I Blank Record Sheet Appendix II Further Reading Appendix III Useful Addresses