Sensory Learning Survey

Sensory Processing Disorder and Learning

Visual Auditory Proprioceptive /

Cerebellar
Attention Visual overload Tunes out with listening Fidgets / sensory seeking
Careless mistakes Missed instructions Flops, poor tone
Distracted by visual Distracted by sounds Trouble multi-tasking
details
Memory Problems learning Problems remembering Poor procedural memory
letters, spelling mistakes what's been heard
Trouble with graphs and Mispronounced words,
other visual learning Word substitutions
Reading Skipped words Phonics and rhyme Poor reading fluency
problems
Lose place Wild guesses with words
Eyes close to page Avoids reading
Misreads questions
Writing / Speech Large messy Phonetic errors in writing Irregularly formed letters
handwriting, eyes close and speech - dropped (impaired automaticity),
to page letters and sounds overload errors
Spelling mistakes Very poor spelling Visual monitoring of
writing
Reversals Trouble retrieving words Reversals
Math Problems with crowded Mistakes counting
worksheets fingers, poor
approximation
Skipped problems Unable to do multi-
stepped problems
Speech / Socialization Interrupts conversation Poor back-and-forth Poor back-and-forth
conversation conversation
Problems hearing in Awkward speech – self-
background noise editing (fluency)
Mispronounced words
Problems learning a
foreign language
Word finding problems
Play / Socialization Retreat from crowded Retreat from crowded Retreat from crowded
Misses visual signals in Trouble assemblies, gym, Unexpected falls, leaning
sports echoing rooms on children in line
Impaired depth Can't hear in PE or music Bad at sports –
perception multitasking, timing
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