EUROMEDICA  Hanover 29-30  Mai 2006	Advanced methods of diagnosis, treatment and prophylactics
	European Academy of Natural Sciences, Hanover European Scientific Society, Hanover Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow

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Empirical research has shown that in Russia, over 30% of primary school students with writing and reading disorders have difficulties perceiving visual information. Visual representation plays an important role in learning and everyday behavior of a person.

We have developed a technique named Visual Trainer, which helps improve visual perception in children four to six years of age. The technique facilities gradual acquisition by the child of a number of sensory standards and a set of perceptive activities, which apply these standards to recognize objects.

Several structural components of the technique can be isolated:

• Identification, correlation, and modeling of visual objects
• Systematic scanning of the visual field
• Visuospatial orientation
• Hand/eye coordination
• A distinguishing feature of this technique is the fact that it involves exercises that facilitate recoding (verbalization) of the visual information and solving mnemonic, mental, and motion-related tasks. The method includes:
• A program for targeted stimulation of visual perception
• A set of visual stimuli of gradually increasing complexity
• Learning tasks facilitation formation of the components of visual perception crucial for writing the reading
• Tasks for evaluating the development of visual perception and the assessing the preparedness for more complex operation with visual stimuli.

The method is of a didactic nature; it contains a variety of training materials (black-and-white and color, picture-based and sign-based, etc.). The number and sequence of exercises can be varied by the speech pathologist depending on the level of psychophysiological preparedness of the child to the development of reading and writing skills.