Category: balance

Reflex Integration Training

Introduction: The post Retained Primitive Reflexes provides a general overview of early (neonatal) reflexes. These are starting points for us, behaviourally speaking, and provide the foundation upon which we build more complex behaviours that allow us to explore our world.…

Randolf Shuffle

See Also: Randolf Shuffle Tutorial Randolf Shuffle Videos Download: 192 Randolf Shuffle Randolf Shuffle Phase 1 Inst Randolf Shuffle Phase 2 Inst Randolf Shuffle Phase 3 Inst Introduction Randolf Shuffle is a simple yet effective activity to build gross-motor skills,…

Randolf Shuffle Videos

These samples are designed to be demonstrations only. You are encouraged to use these and to build your own sequences according to the instructions in the Randolf Shuffle activity. Simple Sequences Right Arm: Left Arm: Both Arms: Right Leg: Left…

Hopscotch

    Hopscotch Purpose:  To organize visually directed gross motor and balancing activities. Please see attached file for Materials and Procedure.    

Ball On String From Teeth

Ball On String From Teeth Purpose: To develop freedoms between visually monitored space organization and gross bodily movement patterns Apparatus: A red ball on a length of string. Method: Patient is to hold string securely between teeth.  Bend over parallel…

Gross Motor Preliminary Instructions

  Gross Motor Preliminary Instructions Some activities require the equipment and materials outlined in this document. Review the document for now in preparation. You do not have to follow the instructions in this document if your activities do not require…

Balance Board

  Introduction: The Balance Board sheet below describes activities that are appropriate as standalone exercises, but it also provides simple instructions for creating a balance board. This will be crude but effective, and should be used on fairly robust floors…

Yoga

See Also: http://blogs.mtroyal.ca/conted/2013/04/18/yoga-therapy-student-has-unexpected-career/ There is so much, and yet so little, to say about yoga – I could ramble on for many hours about how yoga is beneficial in accelerating and guiding the healthy development of a child, and still…