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Chapter 12: Assessment of Perceptual Abilities Brief Summary Chapter 12 focuses on the importance of assessment of perceptual abilities in the special education process. After reading this chapter, your students should understand the following: 􀂃 The purpose of perceptual evaluations 􀂃 Visual perception 􀂃 Assessment of visual perception 􀂃 Auditory perception 􀂃 Assessment of auditory perception 􀂃 Comprehensive measures of perceptual abilities Lecture and Discussion Outline I. Overview A. The learning process 1. Step 1: Input of Information 2. Step 2: Organization of Information 3. Step 3: Expression of Information B. Modalities 1. Auditory Modality 2. Visual Modality 3. Tactile Modality 4. Kinesthetic Modality 5. Gustatory Modality 6. Olfactory Modality C. Processes that comprise the learning process: 1. Reception 2. Perception 3. Association or Organization 4. Memory 5. Expression II. Purpose of Perceptual Evaluations A. Skills most often associated with visual perception: 1. Visual coordination 2. Visual discrimination 3. Visual association 4. Visual long term memory 5. Visual short-term memory 6. Visual sequential memory 7. Visual vocal expression 103 8. Visual motoric expression 9. Visual figure ground discrimination 10. Visual spatial relationships 11. Visual form perception III. Diagnostic Symptoms for Visual Perceptual Disabilities IV. Assessment of Visual Perception A. Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration-5 (VMI-5) B. Test Of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2) C. Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test-2 (BVMGT-2) D. Developmental Test of Visual Perception-2 (DTVP-2) E. Motor Free Perceptual Test-3 (MVPT-3) V. Auditory Perception A. Overview 1. Auditory discrimination 2. Auditory association 3. Auditory long term-memory 4. Auditory short-term memory 5. Auditory sequential memory 6. Auditory vocal expression 7. Auditory motoric expression VI. Diagnostic Symptoms for Auditory Perceptual Disabilities VII. Assessment of Auditory Perception A. Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination (G-F-WTAD) B. Lindamood Auditory Conceptualization Test-3 (LACT-3) C. Tests of Auditory Perceptual Skills-Revised (TAPS-R) D. Wepman Test Of Auditory Discrimination-2nd Edition (ADT-2) VIII. Comprehensive Measures of Perceptual Abilities A. Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency B. Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitudes-Fourth Edition (DTLA-4) C. Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities-3 (ITPA-3) D. Slingerland Screening Tests for Identifying Children with Specific Language Disability IX. Conclusion