Figure ground is the ability to differentiate an object from its background. Children who struggle with this skill often have trouble learning to read, particularly as their books feature an increasing number of words on each page. It’s also hard for them to scan text for relevant information. They often also find it difficult to put together puzzles or enjoy artwork with lots of detail. Other fun games that can be played to work on figure ground is "Where's Waldo" and "I-Spy".

Visual Closure is the ability to visualize a complete whole when given incomplete information or a partial picture.

This skill helps your student:

• Read and comprehend quickly

• Recognize inferences and predict outcomes

Poor visual closure may bring your student difficulties including:

• Completing a thought

• Making an accurate judgment from partial information

• Confuse similar objects or words, especially works with close beginnig or endings.

It is a foundation skill for fluency and speed in reading and spelling.

Visual form constancy is the ability to mentally manipulate forms and visualize the resulting outcomes.

This skill helps your student:

• Distinguish differences in size, shape, and orientation

Poor visual form constancy may bring your student difficulties including:

• Reversing letters and numbers

• The ability to recognize the fact that a shape remains the same despite changes in size, direction, orientation, and distance.