BALANCE |
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| • Cannot sit or stand quietly • Short attention span • Constantly in motion |
• Leaning on things or others • Falls easily • Falls off chair |
UPPER/LOWER BODY COORDINATION |
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| • Difficulty with jumping, hopping, jumping rope • Slow to get up after a fall |
• Difficulty stopping on target (bases in baseball) • Difficulty adding columns of numbers |
WAIST DIFFERENTIATION |
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| • Difficulty using only the muscle groups needed for the task • Tenses whole body to do simple task |
• Difficulty with balance and upper/lower body coordination |
VISUAL MOTOR COORDINATION |
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| • Difficulty with all pencil-paper work • Slow completing assignments • Finishes quickly but very sloppy • Difficulty staying on the line |
• Difficulty copying from the board • Skips math problems • Needs to look at hands to write • Writes better without looking at hands |
AUDITORY-MOTOR COORDINATION |
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| • Difficulty isolating one noise from many others • Difficulty following instructions • Distracted by both auditory and visual stimuli |
• Difficulty doing seat work • Difficulty finishing projects • Can get extremely frustrated • May cover ears when it is too noisy |
SHOULDER DIFFERENTIATION |
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| • Tension in shoulders, arms and hands • Difficulty in writing • Writes very hard and dark • Writes very soft and light |
• Tight pencil grip • Writes very small or large • Writes very sloppy |
LATERALITY |
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| • Difficulty crossing the midline • Reversal of letters, words, numbers • Difficulty with reading • Difficulty with spelling • Can’t remember what they read • Words dance on the page |
• Doesn’t know the meaning of what they read • Difficulty changing from throwing to catching • Difficulty knowing right from left • Difficulty skipping |
RELAXATION |
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| • Unable to relax • Very short attention span • Tenses body to do a task |
• Must relearn day after day • Doesn’t like to be hugged or touched |
KINESTHETIC AWARENESS |
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| • Uses all of body all of the time to do everything • Constant movement • Does everything very fast • Seems in a dream world |
• Cries inappropriately • Gets angry easily • Tongue tries to help with most activities • Inconsistent |
FIGURE-GROUND RELATIONSHIP |
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| • Difficulty finding things in plain sight • Difficulty following instructions • Easily distracted • Fear of heights • Makes noises in the car |
• Poor eye contact • Needs white noise to study or sleep • Touches to see • Poor depth perception |
