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Create-abilities
Does my child
need Occupational Therapy?
Gross Motor Skills Involve:
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Eye-hand coordination
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Balance
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Coordinating 2 sides of the body to work
together
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Spatial and body awareness
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Timing and accuracy of movements
Children
with gross motor skill difficulties may ...
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Have poor ball skills
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Avoid outside play
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Have difficulty executing age appropriate motor
skills e.g. Walking
on tip toes, balancing
on one
leg, running with fluency, jumping,
hopping,
skipping, star jumps etc.
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Have difficulty controlling force and timing of movements appearing
clumsy, breaking things and
always bumping into things and people
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Have difficulty learning new motor tasks and requires additional
practice than peers
If you identify your child as having any of the difficulties detailed
above, please contact
Create-abilities to make an appointment
for an
initial assessment. |
