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When Students Can’t Visualize
- Date completed
- October 1, 2026
- Issued by
- Aphantasia Network
Course for teachers
When Students Can’t VisualizeKeep the goal, change the route
“Picture this” can leave a student with nothing to work with. Learn to notice when a lesson depends on a mental picture, without testing or labeling anyone, and to keep the lesson’s goal by another route.
6 modules · Certificate of completion · 30-day money-back guarantee
Who it’s for
For
- Classroom teachers from kindergarten to post-secondary, learning specialists and school counsellors.
- Anyone who writes lessons, assessments or study guides that ask students to picture something.
Not for you yet
- Anyone who needs PD hours approved before they start: check with your district first.
Why this course exists
About 1 in 25 adults have faint or no visual imagery, and no one yet knows the figure for children. Many people with aphantasia only realize it as adults, so a student may not know to tell you.
In a survey of 1,451 Australian students in grades 7 to 10, weaker imagery went with lower science test scores. But students with weak imagery who said their teachers made new material easier at first, gave help, practice and frequent feedback, and then stepped back scored around the average (Martin et al. 2026).
A lot of instruction asks for a picture: “Visualize the scene.” “Picture the diagram.” “Imagine you’re there.” The course shows how to find those moments in your own teaching and change them so every student can reach the same goal.
Most found out as adultsWhen people with lifelong aphantasia realized they had it, in a survey of 2,000 volunteers.
- After age 20
- about 6 in 10
- By age 20
- about 4 in 10
Volunteers answering a survey about themselves.
Zeman et al. 2020
What you’ll be able to do
- 01Explain what aphantasia is and isn't, and why the adult figure can't be applied to a class.
- 02Find where your own teaching depends on students forming mental pictures.
- 03Notice students who may not form mental images, and talk with them without labeling them.
- 04Use the picture check to redesign an activity so every student can reach the same goal.
- 05Assess understanding rather than imagery, and teach study skills that don't need pictures.
- 06Talk with students and families about different minds, and see how your own imagery shapes your teaching.
What’s in the course
- Module 1: How Minds Differ
- Module 2: Where Imagery Hides in Teaching
- Module 3: Noticing Without Diagnosing
- Module 4: Teaching Every Mind
- Module 5: Assessment, Study Skills and Support
- Module 6: Students, Families and Your Own Mind
Who made it
Tom Ebeyer, instructor
Tom Ebeyer is one of the 21 people studied in the 2015 paper that named aphantasia. He founded Aphantasia Network with Jennifer McDougall, and is one of the authors of the study behind the single-item screener the course teaches.
Certificate
Pass the final assessment and you receive an Aphantasia Network certificate of completion. It documents the hours, the learning objectives, the instructor and the methods, and anyone can check it on our site.
Whether it counts toward professional development hours is your school’s or district’s decision. Check with them before you start.
Price
$149.99
once, with a 30-day money-back guarantee
Pre-enrol now and the course is yours the day it opens, with a full refund any time before then.
Paying through an employer or school, or buying for a team? We can invoice or take a purchase order: write to us.
Questions
The course is written and being prepared for launch. Pre-enrol now and you get access the day it opens, with a full refund any time before then.
No. No way of screening children has been shown to work, and aphantasia isn’t a diagnosis. The changes the course teaches reach students without anyone being identified.
Yes. For seats for your staff, or to pay by invoice or purchase order, write to us.
You can have a full refund any time before the course opens, then for 30 days after.
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Pre-enrol now, with a full refund any time before it opens.