{"id":11183,"date":"2021-05-11T10:24:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T10:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/?page_id=11183"},"modified":"2021-07-20T09:11:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T09:11:05","slug":"visual-closure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/guide-vision-and-learning-difficulties\/guide-to-visual-information-processing\/visual-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Does your child struggle with reading? Or have difficulty completing a puzzle? 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It can also help\u00a0 children recognize inferences and make predictions.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Signs of poor visual closure<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Your child might have trouble with visual closure if they exhibit the following visual processing symptoms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Needs extra time to sound out words they already learned<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Trouble finding an item if part of it is hidden<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Trouble pulling the correct paper or book from a stack<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Trouble putting together jigsaw puzzles<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Trouble with games that require guessing an item based on a close-up photo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you suspect a problem in your child\u2019s vision, <b>contact an eye doctor near you<\/b>, to have your child\u2019s vision evaluated.<\/p>\n<h2><b>How vision therapy can help<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Vision therapy can improve visual closure skills through eye exercises that help retrain the eyes and brain to work together.<\/p>\n<p><b>These exercises will improve not only a child\u2019s visual closure problem, but also strengthen their word recognition and reading skills to improve their learning and overall school performance<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEARN MORE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/guide-vision-and-learning-difficulties\/\">Guide to Vision and Learning Difficulties<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/practice-search\/\"><b>Schedule an eye exam<\/b> <\/a>with an eye doctor near you who can diagnose and treat any vision problems your child may have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does your child struggle with reading? 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