VISUAL SPATIAL LEARNERS

Gifted Resources is very interested in the particular needs of gifted visual spatial learners and works closely with Gifted & Creative Services Australia and Starjump Special Needs Education for Visual Spatial Learners.

In 2005 Starjump and Gifted Resources combined to host Melbourne workshops presented by Dr. Linda Silverman, author of Upside Down Brilliance and Alexandra Golon, author of the parent companion book Raising Topsy-turvy kids (see picture)

Starjump runs sessions for Visual Spatial Learners and their parents at The Centre for the Exceptional Learner, Luther College. For further information about these sessions contact Maxine Cowie phone (03)9592 7253
For details of Starjump Information Evenings see the Events page

Starjump Maxine Cowie's website  Unlocking literacy CD   Flyer
VSL Characteristics PowerPoint              VSL Literacy Learning PowerPoint
                                                                    

Visual-Spatial Thinking Lesley Sword's website

The Power of Visual Thinking Lesley Sword's positive new article on Visual Thinking

I think in pictures, you teach in words Lesley Sword's classic article on Visual Spatial Learners

Australian Gifted Support Centre Helen Dudenay's website

Gifted Development Center Dr Linda Kreger Silverman's website

Visual-Spatial Resource Alexandra 'Allie' Golon's website

Prof David Lohman papers  

Peoplemaking Website of Peoplemaking Bookstore who supply Dr Linda Silverman and Alexandra Golon's books in Australia and New Zealand

Starjump Visual Spatial Learners 3 Day Intensive Workshops             Slide show of the VSL 3 Day Intensives
Luther College Croydon 27-29 June 2005
Starjump Brighton 19=21 September 2005
In school Intensive Luther College Croydon 18-20 October 2005
Queensland January 2006
Luther College Croydon 15-17 May 2006

RESOURCES FOR VISUAL SPATIAL LEARNERS : BOOKS

Upside down brilliance by Linda Kreger Silverman

Available from Peoplemaking

The Stop, Think, Do Program by Lindy Petersen
Stop, Think Parenting 1992
Stop, Think Learning (Teachers Version ) 1998
Helps with acting on impulse - available through

Available from ACER

Books by Priscilla Vail
Smart Kids With School Problems: Things to Know and Ways to Help 1989
Learning Styles: Food For Thought + 130 Practical Tips For Teachers K-4 1992
About Dyslexia 1990
Emotion: The On/Off Switch For Learning
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Use Both Sides of Your Brain by Tony Buzan 1991
Strategies for thinking and learning

Right Brained Children in a Left Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of
Your ADD Child by Jeffrey Freed 1998
Specific techniques for teaching visual spatial learners reading, writing,
spelling and mathematics

Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin 1996
A very good description of visual thinking

Counseling the Gifted Edited by Linda Silverman 1993
A very good resource book that covers many areas of concern to parents and
teachers of gifted children

In The Mind's Eye by Thomas West 1997
Covers visual thinkers, creativity and gifted people with dyslexia and other
learning difficulties

Mapping Inner Space by Nancy Margulies 1991
Learning and teaching Mind Mapping

Available from Gifted Resources

The Faces of Gifted: A Resource for Educators and Parents by Nancy Johnson 1989

Look Closer: Visual Thinking Skills and Activities K-12 by Nancy Johnson

The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by
Elaine N Aron 1997

Children Are People Too : A Parents' Guide to Young Children's Behaviour by
Louise Porter 1997

Keys To Parenting Your Anxious Child by Katharina Manassis 1996

RESOURCES FOR VISUAL SPATIAL LEARNERS : More Websites

Hoagies http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/visual-spatial.htm

The writing problems of visual thinkers http://www.longleaf.net/ggrow/WriteVisual/WriteVisual.html

Disorders of visual and spatial processing http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/~max/Vision/

Nancy Johnson's books www.piecesoflearning.com

Inspiration Visual thinking and learning software www.inspiration.com

Mindjet Visual thinking and learning software http://www.mindjet.com/us/

Concept mapping http://cmap.ihmc.us

VS-SIG@yahoogroups.com Visual Spatial Special Interest Group discussion list hosted by Tony Nolan

www.egroups.com/group/OnTheRightSide - a discussion group for parents of
"right" brain children

Resource Room http://www.resourceroom.net/index.asp

Braingym http://www.braingym.com

Technology and skills http://www.sun-associates.com/ppts/inventions/sld004.htm

Xavier Jouve http://www.cerebrals.com/journal/april2000_page5.htm

Johns Hopkins University Spatial Test Battery http://www.cty.jhu.edu/stb/

The Syndrome of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities: Clinical Description and Applied Aspects http://cie.ed.asu.edu/fall98/roman/roman.html

Graphic Organizers: http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html

Graphic Organizers: http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/specificgos.html

Teach with Movies: http://www.teachwithmovies.org/

Felder/Silverman: http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/LS-Prism.htm

Speech recognition programs for computer eg Dragon Write, Dragon Dictate Dragon Naturally Speaking

http://www.voicerecognition.com.au

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