Gross
Motor Skills
·
Eye-hand co-ordination
· Balance
· Spatial awareness
· Correctly co-ordinate of 2 body sides
Areas
a Paediatric Occupational Therapist treats
*
Ball skills - throwing & catching, hitting ball
* Balance: Hopping, balancing on one leg, walking on a balance
beam, walking heel-toe
* Clumsiness
* Awkward running or jumping
* Co-ordination of body sides: difficulty skipping, doing star
jumps
* Difficulty with dancing, Simon Says
* Locomotor skills e.g. hopping, jumping and skipping
* Motor Planning skills
* Right / Left discrimination
What
to look out for in your child
-
Flinching or other responses when catching a ball
- Fear response to gross motor activities
- Level of avoidance or motivation to gross motor activities
- Unable to hop, skip, jump, run, etc
- Difficulty co-ordinating body sides
If
you notice your child having difficulty in any of these areas then
please contact
us.
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