Sensory Processing Handbook – Visual Hypersensitive
| Potential signs | Potential impact | Strategies to assist with learning |
|---|---|---|
| Difficulties to differentiate which visual information is important. | Avoiding areas with bright lights or a lot of visual information. | Minimising visual input in the learning environment. Creating an area of the classroom with blank walls or a screen. |
| Struggles to find information from the classroom walls. | Delayed learning of letters and numbers. | Using coloured overlays for written information. |
| Difficulty to find word in cross word. Difficulty to complete worksheets independently. | Using a clear desk policy in class. | |
| Difficulties copying information off whiteboards in class as distracted from the over-stimulation. | ||
| Difficulty finding things in a drawer or box due to over stimulation. | ||
| Difficulty deciphering graphs and charts. | Consider changing the colours of graphs to bright colours for important items and dull colours for less important items. |