As the name suggests, perceptual skills are also related to vision. If the student perceives information incorrectly, then it is extremely difficult to come up with correct answers in a learning environment.
Perceptual skills comprise of the student’s ability to analyze, interpret, and give meaning to what is seen. This is the processing portion of vision, and these so important skills should not be overlooked when trying to repair an improperly working visual system.

Following is a list of these skills and a short definition of each skill.

1. Visual discrimination – the ability to determine exactness and distinctive features among similar objects. (saw/was; on/one)
2. Visual memory – the ability to remember for immediate recall the characters of a given form. (more on this in the memory section)
3. Visual sequential memory – the ability to remember forms or characters in correct order (letter omissions, additions, and transpositions are common problems that occur with weaknesses in this area)
4. Visual spatial relations – the ability to distinguish differences among similar objects or forms (necessary for problem solving and conceptual skills required for higher level math and science)
5. Visual spatial orientation – the ability to know left from right as well as laterality and directionality (kids with reversals, whether words, letters, or numbers are usually weak in this area)
6. Visual closure – the ability to visualize a complete whole when given incomplete information or a partial picture (kids weak in this are might have a difficult time completing thoughts and may confuse similar objects or words, especially those with similar beginnings or endings)