Fine Motor Development Flashcards
Components of hand function
Fine motor skills
Visual skills
Visual perception skills
Fine motor skills
Patterns that require tactile proprioceptive and visual information
Fine motor skills require what patterns:
Reach Grasp Carry Release In hand manipulation Bilateral hand use
Reach
Movement and stabilization of the arm and hand for the purpose of contacting an object with the hand
Grasp
Attainment of an object with the hand
Carry
Movement of the arm in space for the purpose of transporting a hand held object from 1 place to another
Release
The intentional letting go of a hand held object at a specific time or place
In hand manipulation
The adjustment of an object in the hand after grasp
Bilateral hand use
The use of 2 hands working together to accomplish a task
Visual skills
Ability to fixate on a stationary object
Ability to track a moving object
Visual perception skills
Ability to recognize, discriminate, and process sensory info
Identification of shapes, orientation of objects in space, dimension
Issues that influence hand function development
Coordination of fine motor skills and visual skills Eye hand coordination Cognitive development Social development and culture Sensory integration
Eye hand coordination
Visual perceptual factors
Visual deficits
Cognitive development
Attention factors
Cognitive deficit factors
Social development and culture
SES factors
Gender factors
Sensory integration
Lights in the room, temperature, hearing typing, feet on the floor and such
We have been sensorally desenitized