Visual Motor Skills

Visual-Motor Skills: A Research-Based Overview for School-Based OT Irene Hannam, MS OTR/L What Are Visual-Motor Skills? Visual–motor integration (VMI) is the ability to coordinate visual perception with fine-motor movement—seeing a shape, letter, or pattern and accurately reproducing it with a pencil, scissors, or a manipulative. VMI underpins handwriting, drawing, cutting, and efficient device access (mouse/trackpad/keyboard) […]

From Scribbles to Sentences: How Visual Motor Skills Shape Early Handwriting By Irene Hannam, MS OTR/L Introduction – What Are Visual Motor Skills? Visual‑motor integration (VMI) is the brain’s ability to take in visual information, process it, and guide an appropriate motor response. For example, seeing a circle and drawing it with a crayon  (Carsone et al., 2021)  PMC. Well‑developed VMI […]