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Early Visual Skills: A Resource for Working with Children with Under-Developed Visual Perceptual Skills book cover

2nd Edition

Early Visual Skills A Resource for Working with Children with Under-Developed Visual Perceptual Skills

By Diana Williams Copyright 2020
242 Pages
by Speechmark

242 Pages
by Speechmark
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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... Read more
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

Biography

Diana Williams qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1983, and worked in schools and nurseries with children who have communication difficulties. She developed a specialist knowledge in the field of hearing loss, and completed an MSc in Speech Therapy with Deaf People at City University, London, in 1992. Her other publications include the companion volume Early Listening Skills and the popular Working with Children’s Language. In 2002, she authored a word finding and categorising game named ‘Find the Link’ for individuals and group work. In addition to her clinical roles, Diana held a number of lecturing posts in higher education institutions, teaching and supporting a diverse range of students. After gaining a Postgraduate Diploma in Education in 2004, she provided professional development activities for other lecturers and teachers as an Educational Developer. More recently she completed a BA(Hons) in Fine Art, and a MA in Fine Art, and now focuses her time on arts education and arts practice.

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