The following materials were created to develop and assess recognition skills of common objects and images used in familiar environments.
Acknowledgments:
Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy Complexity Sequence Cards.
Matt Tiejen What’s the Complexity 2D Image Assessment.
Ellen Mazel and Marguerite Tibaudo Recognition and Compensatory Strategies.
Individualize:
Use familiar, recognizable objects to encourage tactile and visual exploration.
Replace images with a photo of a familiar, recognizable object.
Identify preferences for image type, orientations, background complexity, number of items on a page, and compensatory strategies.
Print multiples for matching & sorting activities.
Concept Development
• Identification and labeling: What is this image? What do you see?
• Recognition: Where is the _____? Find the ____. Show me the ____. Point to the ____.
• Realistic Color Images, Parts of Realistic Color Images, Abstract Color images, Parts of Abstract Color images, Realistic Black and White images.
• Parts of Realistic Black and White images, Abstract Black and White images, Parts of Abstract Black and White images.
· Compensatory Strategies: What other strategies is the child using to recognize objects and images?
o Sensory integration: tactile awareness, movement, sound cues, olfactory.
o Color recognition: color pop-out, color coding, color highlighting.
o Global form and size cues.
o Predictability: memory of routines, prior knowledge, and context cues.
• Complexity:
• Images: salient features, preferred colors, multiple colors, orientations, partial images
• Array: Adjust to your child’s tolerance level. 1 image, 2 images, 3 images, 4 images, 8 images, 10 images
• Complexity of a scene- How much clutter and crowding can your child tolerate?
• Matching: How many ____ are there? Show me one like this.
• Match Object to Image
• Match Image to Image
• Match Image to Partial Image
• Memory Matching Game with Images.
• Sorting: Same & Different”
• Find all the ______.
• Which one is different?
• How are they the same?
• How are they different?
• Patterns-use objects or images to form simple patterns. What comes next?