I did a variety of tasks today, working on a variety of skills, which means continuing also to work on integration.
I worked with a vectogram - this
one, as you can see from the picture, was of a large container of popcorn with
kernels floating around it, some kernels appearing further away than others.
I used this to work on convergence and
divergence, and depth perception. Depending on how Ann moved the
plastic sleeve, the image either appears closer, and smaller or appears further
away and larger.
Further away and larger
is diverging, and actually just as important as converging. It's also important to be able to switch
between the two, since we switch our gaze multiple times during the day.
The other picture is of a child's
puzzle. This had been turned into a vision
therapy exercise by taking a picture of the puzzle, & adding lines to make
the grid. To use this for a vision
therapy exercise, the puzzle pieces are taken out, the picture is in front of
me, and then I fill in the puzzle. This
means that a flat picture grows into a raised picture with a 3-D quality to it.
I was able to complete the puzzle,
and we used the picture and the puzzle in a variety of ways – different angles,
holding the picture up, so that I was looking up at the picture, and then down
at the puzzle .
I also used a laser toy – a small
green light - to trace lines that Ann drew on a chalkboard. I did this while sitting in a different chair
facing the chalkboard.
I ended by asking her some questions
about how to use my Brock string. She recommended 3 reps for 3 seconds each, & build from there.
