The author discusses the role of perceptual training in the education of young perceptually handicapped children. Distinctions are drawn between perception and awareness, and the necessity of stimulation to encourage infant and child learning is emphasized. Commonalities between perception and learning are underscored. The author stresses that…

Spatial abilities are fundamental to human functioning in the physical world. Spatial reasoning allows people to use concepts of shape, features, and relationships in both concrete and abstract ways, to make and use things in the world, to navigate, and to communicate. Surgeons, pilots, architects, engineers, mechanics, builders, farmers, trades…

This booklet describes the Specific Education of the Eye (SEE) program, an experimental kindergarten program which emphasizes the development of sensory skills as a prerequisite of learning. The first part of the booklet describes the development, expansion, and recognition of the SEE program. Described are activities (organized in instructional…