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Peds, Mat Activity: Hand Function
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A series of short clips illustrate hand function, grasp and reaching in a 4 year old diagnosed with a chromosomal abnormality.
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Peds, Mat Activity: Intervention Begins
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As the therapist begins her intervention with a 4 year old diagnosed with a chromosomal abnormality, she gathers data from the father and begins to build rapport with her client.
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Peds, Mat Activity: Sit to Stand
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Moving from sit to stand requires a lot of effort as well as support for this 4 year old girl, diagnosed with a chromosomal abnormality. The therapist and the child’s father work together to encourage and facilitate sit to stand.
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Peds, Fine Motor: Letter Formation with Playdough
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Remembering how to form letters from Playdough without a model is hard for the 6 year old with fine motor and visual-motor challenges. She has difficulty grading her fine motor skills to roll the Playdough and hand strength opening the container.
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Peds, Mat Activity: Sit to Quadruped
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Mat activities continue for this 4 year old, with a chromosomal abnormality, while the therapist helps her to move from sitting to a quadruped position.
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Peds Assessment: Administration of the Test of Visual Motor Skills
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The therapist administers the Test of Visual Motor Skills to a 6 year old with fine motor, attention and developmental vision challenges.
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Peds Assessment: Fine Motor/Writing
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The therapists continues her initial assessment of a 6 year old with fine motor, attention and developmental vision issues by having the child write her name and her sister’s name.
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Peds, Behavior Management: Developing a Therapy Plan
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A 6 year old with fine and visual motor challenges and her therapist develop a therapy plan to help with behavior management. Writing vertically on the board helps with wrist position and phonetic spelling reinforces what is done in the classroom.
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Peds Fine Motor: Ocular Motor and Visual Perception
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This intervention strategy, developed in collaboration with a developmental optometrist, uses a colored filter so all letters in red can only be seen by the weaker (left) eye, thus requiring that eye to work harder.
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Peds, Sensory Integration/Sensory Processing: Scooterboard and Letter Recognition Activity
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The therapist uses a play activity with a scooter board and ramp as part of an intervention plan to support the development of letter recognition, auditory memory and attention in a 6 year old with fine motor, visual motor and attention difficulties.
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Peds, Mat Activity: Supine to Sit
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The therapist helps her client work on head control, abdominal strength and upper extremity strength during mat activities as she moves from supine to sit with support. The 4 year old client has been diagnosed with chromosomal abnormality.
