Test of Visual Perceptual Skill (non-motor) (TVPS-4)

The TVPS-4 checks how well someone can make sense of what they see, including recognizing shapes, remembering visual details, and telling similar-looking images apart, without needing to draw, write, or point precisely. Because it only requires simple multiple-choice responses, it works well for people whose motor, speech, or cognitive difficulties would make a hands-on visual-motor test hard to complete fairly.

The test has seven subtests: visual discrimination, visual memory, spatial relationships, form constancy, sequential memory, visual figure-ground, and visual closure. Each subtest has 18 items, producing scaled scores, percentile ranks, and an overall standard score. Occupational therapists use it with children and adolescents (normed through age 21) in outpatient and school-based settings, often for kids with intellectual and developmental disabilities or low vision, to pinpoint specific visual-processing strengths and weaknesses that could affect reading, handwriting, and daily tasks.

The TVPS-4 is a proprietary, norm-referenced test sold by Western Psychological Services.