The three visual subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities were administered to 22 children diagnosed as aphasic. Four brief case histories are presented. The results revealed that the children performed differently on each of the subtests, and no pattern emerged which was characteristic. When compared to the standardization population, they manifested most difficulty with visual motor sequencing tasks. The implications of the relationship between visual perceptual functioning and language are described, and some suggestions for therapeutic management of aphasic children are delineated.
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