How to recognise a physical developmental delay? A child older than six who finds it difficult to sit still and concentrate for 10 minutes (and longer when older), may experience a physical developmental delay. Such a child tends to move reflexively in an attempt to complete the sensory-motor wiring needed for learning ease. When the essential sensory-motor wiring is absent, the following behavioural indicators can alert a teacher that a child may experience a physical developmental delay: Tactile defensiveness can’t hop or balance on 1 leg battle to skip and gallop clumsy poor motor planning poor static and dynamic balance find climbing down stairs difficult fear of heights can’t tell left from right without a marker disorientation problems crossing the midlines dyspraxia dyslexia dyscalculia poor auditory processing uncontrolled eye movements hyper active or hypo active delayed language development phobias mood disorders dominant hand not established swing for long periods of time repeated banging of head ADD / ADHD (previously known as minimal brain dysfunction) prefers watching TV or playing computer games to playing outside stiff posture can’t walk backwards can’t skip with rope accident prone gets motion sick dizzy spells avoid rope bridges poor spatial orientation reversals low muscle tone avoids writing and reading dysphasia dysgraphia avoids sport and dance poor sensory integration poor perception attention deficit anxiety disorders panic disorders self-esteem disorders thrill seeker lack of impulse control Asperger Syndrome Will a child just ‘grow out of it’?
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 05:28:43 +0000
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