The Assessment of Perceptual Therapy Study (APTS): Effect of Home-Based Computer Perceptual Therapy on Academic Performance in Children with Below-age Level Visual Perceptual Performance
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description: Purpose: The objective of this research was to evaluate whether children with below age-level visual perceptual skill who perform home-based visual perception therapy using the Perceptual Therapy System II: PTS II iNet (PTS II) would show improvements in performance on standardized tests of academic achievement, attention and memory and/or reported problem behaviors. Methods: Children 6 to 13 years of age with below age-level performance on a standardized test of visual perception (the Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration, 5th Edition [VMI], the Beery VMI supplemental test of Visual Perception [VP], or the Test of Visual Perceptual Skills, 3rd Edition [TVPS-3]) were invited to participate. Children with a score of 80 or below on the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, 2nd Edition (KBIT-2) were excluded. Children received the PTS II and were prescribed home therapy for 20 minutes a day, 5 days per week, for 16 weeks. Testing at baseline and outcome consisted of The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – Second Edition (WIAT-2) Reading and Mathematics subtests (Word Reading, Reading Comprehension, Pseudodecoding, and Numerical Operations), the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) Attention and Figure Memory subtests (Expressive Attention, Number Detection, Receptive Attention, and Figure Memory), and the Conners’ Parental Rating Scales-Revised (S) (Conners’). One sample t-test analysis was used to compare baseline and outcome test scores to published normative values. Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test analysis determined if significant changes occurred between baseline and outcome test scores. Linear regression was performed to examine the effect of compliance. Results: Twenty-five children enrolled and twenty children (mean age 9.61 years) completed the study. At baseline, children scored on average significantly below the published normative means on CAS Expressive Attention and Number Detection (p = .003 and .029, respectively), the composite CAS Attent…
abstract: Purpose: The objective of this research was to evaluate whether children with below age-level visual perceptual skill who perform home-based visual perception therapy using the Perceptual Therapy System II: PTS II iNet (PTS II) would show improvements in performance on standardized tests of academic achievement, attention and memory and/or reported problem behaviors. Methods: Children 6 to 13 years of age with below age-level performance on a standardized test of visual perception (the Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration, 5th Edition [VMI], the Beery VMI supplemental test of Visual Perception [VP], or the Test of Visual Perceptual Skills, 3rd Edition [TVPS-3]) were invited to participate. Children with a score of 80 or below on the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, 2nd Edition (KBIT-2) were excluded. Children received the PTS II and were prescribed home therapy for 20 minutes a day, 5 days per week, for 16 weeks. Testing at baseline and outcome consisted of The Wechsler Individual Achievement Test – Second Edition (WIAT-2) Reading and Mathematics subtests (Word Reading, Reading Comprehension, Pseudodecoding, and Numerical Operations), the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) Attention and Figure Memory subtests (Expressive Attention, Number Detection, Receptive Attention, and Figure Memory), and the Conners’ Parental Rating Scales-Revised (S) (Conners’). One sample t-test analysis was used to compare baseline and outcome test scores to published normative values. Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test analysis determined if significant changes occurred between baseline and outcome test scores. Linear regression was performed to examine the effect of compliance. Results: Twenty-five children enrolled and twenty children (mean age 9.61 years) completed the study. At baseline, children scored on average significantly below the published normative means on CAS Expressive Attention and Number Detection (p = .003 and .029, respectively), the composite CAS Attent…
author: Nguyen, Linda Thi
language: English
keywords: Ophthalmology, Visual perception, attention, home-based visual perception therapy
date published: 2013-08-09
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:37:31Z
provider: OhioLINK
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: The Ohio State University