SITTING POSTURE & FUNCTION-GENERAL

Components and sub components of upper body in siting position

SITTING POSTURE IS GROSS MOTOR SKILL

Ingredients of siting posture-

head control
Proximal stability
hand function
trunk control

HEAD CONTROL-

reflex integration (physical development -creeping ,crawling so on)

vision normal

visual function efficiently

ear normal

hearing function efficiently

PROXIMAL STABILITY-

shoulder range of motion (helps in reaching forward / backward)

shoulder strength (pushups ,retracting object from overhead)

dissociation ( wrist and hand dissociation allows writing smoothly)

TRUNK CONTROL -

spine (sitting erecting,bending twisting movements)

core muscles strength (siting erect in chair)

movement to sides and bending ( when siting in chair picking up an object bending sideways )

HAND FUNCTION-

grasp (Holding ball)

grip ( opening closing a clip)

in hand manipulation ( handling too many coins in a hand)

BILATERAL INTEGRATION -

(eg.catching ball & stabilizing with one hand while other hand is into writing)

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WRITING FROM BOARD

Often Parent & Teacher have concern that the child doesn't copy from blackboard that leads to incomplete work in classroom.Inability/Not able to keep up with - to Copy from board also impact academic progress & mental wellness of child. Thus you can implement this functional behaviour statergy at home to help child to be productive in classroom & get appreciate for their efforts, Model the classroom situation at your home . Put up vertically a board at home . Have sit the child at a distance . Prompt the child to look at board and copy (first only words then grade it to sentences) Gradually start to fade the prompts. prompts to be used- -physical prompts then verbal prompts -your presences then your distance yourself from child while writing. Practice for the effectiveness, till child becomes autonomous in copying. Prior to the practice get your child vision checked for acuity by Opthalmologist. You may consult an Occupational Therapist,if the concern...

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