{"id":11190,"date":"2021-05-11T10:32:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T10:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/?page_id=11190"},"modified":"2021-07-20T09:13:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T09:13:38","slug":"visual-figure-ground","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.optometrists.org\/vision-therapy\/guide-vision-and-learning-difficulties\/guide-to-visual-information-processing\/visual-figure-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Figure Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Does your child struggle with copying words from the board? 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For example, we use figure-ground perception when reading a flyer on a busy bulletin board.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Signs of poor visual-ground perception<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Your child might have trouble with figure-ground perception if they exhibit the following visual processing symptoms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Trouble concentrating on books with small print and\/or many words on a page<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Trouble copying notes from the board<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Struggles with Hidden Pictures and I Spy games<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Trouble picking out details in images or words<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Trouble scanning for information in text<\/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 figure-ground skills through eye exercises that help retrain the eyes and brain to work together. 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