Tracking and Saccades
Scanning from letter to letter, word to word, looking ahead and predicting text, moving from one line to the next.
Short Term Visual Memory
Short term visual memory is calling information presented quickly. It is used in the service of ongoing cognitive tasks as it stores visual information for only a few seconds.
Sequencing
Knowing what comes first, visually, auditory and tactile. Recognising the order of number or letters in words. Left to right progression when reading and writing.
Visual Discrimination
Recognising subtle visual differences, ie between letters (b/d) and words (was/saw or big/dig), reducing reversals and confusion and thus improving overall recognition.
Focussing Skills
This is the ability to maintain clear focus at a particular point (a word on a page) and the ability to rapidly change focus from one point to another (copying from the board to the book).
Visual Memory
Skills required for word recognition and copying tasks, for example in writing, spelling and reading.