One child. One integrated performance profile.
Vision, sensory, motor, and attention systems don’t work in isolation. Neither should our assessments.
Performance Minds Learning is the umbrella clinical ecosystem behind the Visual Performance System™ — built on a single question: what is getting in the way of this student’s participation?
The Performance Cascade™
One child. Four systems. Find where it starts.
Vision, posture, sensory regulation and attention work together. A classroom symptom is often where the breakdown shows, not where it begins. We look at vision first, then follow the chain.
- 1 · Start with vision
Visual efficiency
Pursuits, saccades, convergence and focusing at near. When these aren't automatic, near work costs more effort.
Looks like: Loses place, rubs eyes, avoids copying
- 2 · Then check the body
Posture and motor control
The body adapts to help the eyes: head tilts, chin props, slumping, heavier pencil pressure.
Looks like: Slumps, tilts head, writing falls apart
- 3 · Then regulation
Sensory modulation and arousal
Rising effort shows up as movement-seeking, chewing, or shutting down to keep going.
Looks like: Rocks, chews, wanders, withdraws
- 4 · What the teacher sees
Attention and task behavior
Less capacity is left for starting, holding and finishing the task.
Looks like: "Won't start," "off task," "looks like attention"
A clinical reasoning guide, not a diagnosis. The chain can start at any level; checking vision first keeps it from being missed.
Signature tools
Learning Lab
Check what you see across vision, sensory, motor and focus. Get a live performance map, cross-system patterns, and a hunch to test.
Open the LabPediatric OT Service Intensity Scale
Explore a service range to discuss with your team. Score five clinical factors for school, outpatient, early intervention or home health.
Open P-OSIS™The model
Underlying abilities → performance skills → participation.
Grounded in the OTPF-4 and occupational performance models, every Performance Minds pillar traces the same clinical path — from body-function substrates, through observable performance skills, to the occupations that matter: school, play, self-care, and everyday life.
The ecosystem
Four pillars. One clinical reasoning system.
Live nowVisual Minds Learning
The Visual Performance System™ — framework education, a five-minute screen, the Full VPA™ assessment, intervention planning, and progress monitoring for occupational therapists.
Enter Visual Minds
Live nowSensory Minds Learning
Sensory processing as a performance substrate — modulation, discrimination, and regulation observed through real classroom occupations, not isolated checklists.
Enter Sensory Minds
Live nowMotor Minds Learning
Postural control, bilateral coordination, and fine-motor execution assessed as they show up in handwriting, tool use, and daily school participation.
Enter Motor Minds
Live nowFocused Minds Learning
Attention and executive function — starting, sustaining, and finishing work — separated from the vision, sensory, and motor demands that so often look like inattention.
Enter Focused MindsThe roadmap
Screen in minutes. Go deep only where it matters.
The planned Performance Minds assessment architecture: one unified core screener across visual, sensory, and motor performance — with full modular assessments (VPA™, Sensory Performance Audit, Motor Performance Assessment) that activate only where the screener flags concern.
Tier 1 · Core Screener
Free Classroom Screens for vision, sensory, motor and focus/executive performance — observations and next steps without a full evaluation.
Tier 2 · Modular Deep Dives
Full VPA™, SPA™, MPA™ and FPA™ — select the assessment that matches the concern. Sensory, Motor and Focused assessments are field-test versions with printable records and support plans.