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Strategies to Improve Weaknesses in Visual Closure
Following are general strategies to help individuals who have difficulties with visual closure:
- Use graded identification procedures in which individuals are asked to identify whole objects or words based on their partial presentation. Initial practice items should be relatively simple and increase in complexity as the individual masters the task. For example, individuals may be asked to name the partially hidden object in a picture (e.g., train), with increased portions of the object shown in successive pictures.
- Emphasize environmental adaptation by employing the principles of consistency of object location, simplicity, labels, reduction of clutter, and increasing separation between items.
- Ensure that all written materials are clear, presented in bold type, and on material without background material (e.g., fancy stationary).
- Use colored tape to help the individual locate critical items, such as wheelchair brakes.
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