RIGHT or LEFT or MIXED HAND?

Underdeveloped Hand dominance can cause problem in further development of learning in child. As Child grows he need to develop his learning skills to overcome the challenges in daily occupations.

HAND DOMINANCE

You may see a very young child keep switching hand while doing every task .It is quite normal to happen while early development of brain.At time it's quite confusing for parent to say assertively about child's hand preference . Initially a hand is preferred to do a task and by practice hand preference is succeeded by Dominance either Right handed or Left handed .In very rare case Child can be ambidextrous (mix dominance) that is using either of hand for given task example using Right hand for eating and Left hand for writing purpose. Confusion of dominance can hamper lateralization of Cerebral Hemisphere and integration leading to difficulties of Fine motor , Speech development and Visual Motor Integration required for performing daily tasks such as tying shoelace, dressing, writing , communication,behaviour etc. It will also lead to multiple issuses in classroom .Learning ,coordination ,Cognition and behaviour get affected.

After certain age of child should stop switching hand for task .

Bottomline , Encourage your kid to use just a hand in activity . There are many fun and sensory activities available on the net explore them and implement with precautions.

Have fun with your kid while you guide him about using a hand.

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Be Wise with THERAPY BALL

Therapy ball or Exercise ball should be used precautiously and implement exercise under expert personal ,when doing with Child with special needs.Therapy ball comes in different sizes and types ,speak with your child's mentor before purchasing the right one for the home program. Some of the noteworthy benefits of therapy ball base exercise are Strength ,Power ,Sensory ,Movement and Endurance . Take care while doing exercises with therapy ball to avoid accident or injury. After exercise store the ball appropriately .

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PART 1

O ccupational therapy ASSIST/SUPPORT patient/client to learn or improve skills needed to perform an occupation. An Occupation could include any thing from brushing teeth ,making bed,bathing toileting , going to office ,school related tasks . Occupational therapist works with all types of age group that is children ,adult and elderly population. Occupational therapist first completes an evaluation of task or Occupation to develop impression of impeding problem.After identifying the problem OT starts with specific treatment for the problem taking client from being unable to able. Problem in performing any occupation/task could be cause either by sensory issue,motor difficulty,perception ,cognition and so on. Occupational therapist have specialization that is pediatric occupational therapist,Neuro occupational therapist,Orthopedic,Geriatric, Oncologist and so on. _____________________________________

THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS OF CLAY

-To relieve stress. -To improve sitting tolerance . -To improve handwriting. -To improve hand dexterity & strength . -To unleash creativity and abstract . -Sensory enrichment-Tactile input & proprioceptive input. -Improves body awareness .

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