| VMI OVERVIEW |
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Visual Motor Integration (VMI) is the name given to the psychological process of combining what one sees with physical movement. If someone sees a sentence written on a classroom whiteboard and understands what the sentence is intended to communicate, yet cannot properly write the sentence on paper (or computer), then that person may have VMI difficulties. VMI difficulties are sometimes apparently obvious—apparent because the difficulties may be the result of something else, such as developmental delay or dysgraphia. Sometimes VMI difficulties are only suspected. VMI testing is available which can help to determine if a true VMI problem exits. VMI is not the same as dysgraphia, or the inability to write due to fine-motor or gross-motor difficulties. However, a person with VMI may also have dysgraphia and many of the same accommodations may be beneficial for both difficulties. Some people with VMI difficulties have less difficulty if they use various technologies (low tech or high tech). Students and workers may be legally entitled to various accommodations to help them to progress or work, respectively. |