Visual Motor Integration

Visual motor integration is a complex skill set which encompasses many underlying skills such as visual perception, motor control, and eye-hand coordination. Simply stated, it refers to the ability to translate a visual image, or a visual plan, into an accurate motor action.

Visual Processing is a big job, and includes three main areas that impact our ability to accomplish tasks: 

Visual Skills - including oculomotor skills and acuity

Visual Perceptual Skills - using visual information to understand how objects around us are related to one another and to ourselves 

Visual Motor Skills - the integration of visual information with actions in order to complete tasks

Common activities that require the use of visual motor skills include coloring within the lines, copying words/shapes, writing within the lines on a piece of paper, and participating in gross motor activities that require well-time movements such as catching or hitting a ball

• Letter reversal
• Poor line awareness in handwriting
• Poor margin use in written work
• Difficulty copying written work
• Trouble recognizing patterns and completing hands-on math problems
• Difficulty catching or kicking a ball
• Trouble with movement games like hopscotch.
• Clumsiness
• Difficulty with sports
• Difficulty drawing and copying pictures or shapes
• Difficulty copying block forms
• Difficulty with puzzles
• Poor pencil control when writing
•  Difficulty keeping place when reading and writing

https://www.theottoolbox.com/visual-motor-integration-developmental

https://www.theottoolbox.com/visual-motor-skills/

https://www.ot-mom-learning-activities.com/visual-motor-integration-activities.html

https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/service/o/ot-pt/visual-motor-perception