Sensory Processing Handbook – Visual Hypersensitive

(over-sensitive)
Potential signs	Potential impact	Strategies to assist with learning
Avoiding areas with bright lights or a lot of visual information	Difficulty concentrating in busy and cluttered environments.	Minimising visual input in the learning environment. Creating an area of the classroom with blank walls or a screen.
Difficulty finding information on busy backgrounds, such as a lot of text on a sheet or information on the whiteboard.	Difficulties copying information off whiteboards in class.	Using coloured overlays for written information.
	Difficulty completing puzzle, copying shapes and learning how to write letters/numbers.	Using a clear desk policy in class.
	Difficulty finding things in a cluttered environment,	Labelling drawers and cupboards.
	Difficulty deciphering graphs and charts	Consider dull coloured lighting.