Visual Perception Tests Used with Physically Handicapped Children

Zeitschel, Kathleen A.; Kalish, Ruth A.; Colarusso, Ronald P.

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“…Cyclopentolate 1%, 3 drops within 30 minutes, were used for cycloplegia and a Heine retinoscope was used for retinoscopy. To assess the integrity of visual perception, the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test–Revised 7,8 was used, which is the test of choice for the assessment of visual perceptual skills. The Motor-Free Visual Perception Test–Revised assesses (1) spatial relationships, (2) visual discrimination, (3) figure–ground perception, (4) visual closure, and (5) visual memory.…”

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“…Cyclopentolate 1%, 3 drops within 30 minutes, were used for cycloplegia and a Heine retinoscope was used for retinoscopy. To assess the integrity of visual perception, the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test-Revised 7,8 was used, which is the test of choice for the assessment of visual perceptual skills. In order to identify the type of strabismus (horizontal, vertical, torsional), the cover/uncover test, the Hirschberg test, and the Krimsky test were used.…”

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Comparative Study of Refractive Errors, Strabismus, Microsaccades, and Visual Perception Between Preterm and Full-Term Children With Infantile Cerebral Palsy

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The purpose of this study was to examine the refractive status, orthoptic status and visual perception in a group of preterm and another of full-term children with cerebral palsy, in order to investigate whether prematurity has an effect on the development of refractive errors and binocular disorders. A hundred school-aged children, 70 preterm and 30 full-term, with congenital cerebral palsy were examined. Differences for hypermetropia, myopia, and emmetropia were not statistically significant between the 2 groups. Astigmatism was significantly increased in the preterm group. The orthoptic status was similar for both groups. Visual perception was markedly reduced in both groups, but the differences were not significant. In conclusion, children with cerebral palsy have impaired visual skills, leading to reading difficulties. The presence of prematurity does not appear to represent an additional risk factor for the development of refractive errors and binocular disorders.

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“…Cyclopentolate 1%, 3 drops within 30 minutes, were used for cycloplegia and a Heine retinoscope was used for retinoscopy. To assess the integrity of visual perception, the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test-Revised 7,8 was used, which is the test of choice for the assessment of visual perceptual skills. In order to identify the type of strabismus (horizontal, vertical, torsional), the cover/uncover test, the Hirschberg test, and the Krimsky test were used.…”

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Comparative Study of Refractive Errors, Strabismus, Microsaccades, and Visual Perception Between Preterm and Full-Term Children With Infantile Cerebral Palsy

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“…This test is appropriate for children with special needs (Johnson et al. , 1976; Zeitschel et al. , 1979).…”

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“…The MVPT-R results are expressed either as perceptual quotients (PQs) or in terms of perceptual ages (PAs). This test is appropriate for children with special needs (Johnson et al, 1976;Zeitschel et al, 1979).…”

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Visual function and visual perception in cerebral palsied children

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Ophthalmic Physiologic Optic

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“…To accomplish this end, authors labeled each answer choice A, B, C, or D, allowing examinees to simply state their selection. Research conducted with the original MVPT demonstrated that children with severe physical disabilities performed better on the MVPT as compared to the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI) and the Developmental Test of Visual Perception (DVTP; Zeitschel, Kalisch, & Colarusso, 1979). Similar score increases were not found for children not classified as possessing a physical disability.…”

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Test Review: Motor-Free Visual Perception Test

McCane¹

2006

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

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purports to measure overall visual perceptual ability. Task responses require no motor ability, eliminating the effect of motor performance on the overall visual perception score. The test authors suggested that this MVPT-3 characteristic allows for its use in the assessment of visual perceptual ability in motorically impaired individuals.This individually administered test is designed for children, adolescents, and adults ranging from 4 through 95 plus years. Various professionals, including occupational therapists, teachers, school psychologists, and optometrists, can administer the MVPT-3. Examiners are not required to have specific education in assessment but must be trained and supervised in assessment and test interpretation. Only individuals familiar with both psychometric properties and test score limitations should conduct interpretations.The purpose of this instrument is to provide an alternative measure of visual perception. Typical visual perception measures include motoric responses and tasks (e.g., copying or tracing) that ultimately assess both visual and motor abilities. The MVPT-3 seeks to produce an isolated measure of visual perceptual ability independent of motoric capability. Examiners use this instrument for a variety of purposes, including the determination of visual perceptual differences across several diagnostic classifications. Occupational therapists also administer this test to determine driver recertification eligibility following strokes or head injuries.The authors stated that there is no one theoretical model regarding perceptual processes. Research in this area suggests that overall visual perceptual ability relies on five interrelated processes, including spatial relationships, visual discrimination, figure-ground, visual closure, and visual memory. Skills in spatial relationships require the ability to orient oneself in space. This ability also involves the accurate perception of objects in relation to oneself and other objects. Visual discrimination requires the ability to discriminate salient object features. The ability to discriminate an object from its background is classified as figure-ground. Visual closure involves gestalt-like ability to perceive a whole figure when fragments are missing. Lastly, visual memory involves the ability to recognize a stimulus following a brief interval. Research shows that these processes do not occur in isolation and should not be measured individually. The MVPT-3 authors designed their test based on this research. Items were developed to closely resemble each of these areas. As suggested, individual scores are not produced for each task type. The interrelatedness of these tasks allows only for an overall visual processing score to be produced.Materials for the test include a manual that describes administration and scoring procedures, test development, and technical adequacy. Examiners use a record form to record examinees' responses, and all test items are presented horizontally via a spiral-bound test plates easel.The test plates easel ...

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Visual Perception Tests Used with Physically Handicapped Children

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Comparative Study of Refractive Errors, Strabismus, Microsaccades, and Visual Perception Between Preterm and Full-Term Children With Infantile Cerebral Palsy

Comparative Study of Refractive Errors, Strabismus, Microsaccades, and Visual Perception Between Preterm and Full-Term Children With Infantile Cerebral Palsy

Visual function and visual perception in cerebral palsied children

Test Review: Motor-Free Visual Perception Test

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