Building Peripheral Vision, Visual Tracking and Attention For Improved Reading and Scanning
By Dr. Erica Warren
By watching the ball move across the screen, individuals can focus their attention on building visual tracking and only visual tracking. In addition, other activities target peripheral vision by offering activities that direct one to focus on the edges of the visual field. The brain is only asked to do one thing at a time, so this enables one's attention to focus on the area that needs intervention. Eventually, these skills can be built to automaticity, so they can be accomplished subconsciously. To build motivation, the exercises are short and include a variety of activities and different levels. The videos also integrate fun, upbeat melodies.
This will be different for each individual. The trick is staying on an activity until it becomes "easy." Then slowly work through each level. Practice is key, so make sure to repeat the activities on a daily basis for at least 3 to 4 weeks.
We included a few activities with moving backgrounds to help build visual attention. If these activities are uncomfortable, they can be skipped.
Directions
Warmup activity that can be used to activate both hemispheres of the brain and prepare the student for the coming exercises.
Video Based Exercise: Build your visual tracking beginners
Video Based Exercise: Build your visual tracking beginners with distractor
Video Based Exercise: Build your visual tracking intermediate
Video Based Exercise: Build your visual tracking intermediate with distractor
Video Based Exercise: Build your visual tracking advanced
Video Based Exercise: Build your visual tracking advanced with distractor
Video Based Exercise: Build your peripheral vision beginners
Video Based Exercise: Build your visual tracking intermediate
Video Based Exercise: Build your visual tracking advanced
Congrats! What's next?
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