PerceptualMotor Development

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Perceptual-Motor Development

• Perceptual-Motor Process
• and
• Perceptual-Motor Components

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Perceptual-Motor Development

• Quality of movement
• Eye-Body (hand / foot / other) Coordination

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Perceptual-Motor Processes

• Payne Issacs (1993)
• 1) Sensory Input
• 2) Sensory integration
• 3) Movement selection is made
• 4) Feedback via senses
• 5) Reproduction or Correction

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Motor Repertoire

• Gross Motor
• Locomotor
• Object Control
• Fine Motor
• Prehensive
• Dynamic Tripod
• Health Related Fitness
• Aerobic
• Muscular Strength/Endurance
• Flexibility
• Body Composition
• Perceptual Motor

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Perceptual-Motor Components

• Visual Perception
• Auditory Perception
• Kinesthetic Perception
• Balance
• Spatial Awareness
• Temporal Awareness
• Body Awareness
• Directional Awareness
• Crosslateral Integration

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Balance

• Four types
• Dependent on several factors

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Spatial Awareness

• Two components
• 1) Understanding
• 2) Function
• Developmental progression
• Immature - Subjective localization
• Mature - Objective localization
• Other Concepts
• Self-space
• General-space
• Levels

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Temporal Awareness

• Time relationships with the body
• Several Components
• Synchrony
• Rhythm
• Eye-body coordination
• Force
• Hard / Medium / Light

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Body Awareness

• Names and Functions
• 3 components
• Body Image

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Directional Awareness

• Laterality
• Directionality

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Crosslateral Integration

• Ability to coordinate the use of both sides of
  the body
• Midline difficulties (age 6 or 7)
• Associated Difficulties
• Difficulty using both hands to catch a ball
• Eyes jumping when tracking object moving across
  body
• Moving paper to one side of body when doing paper
  and pencil tasks

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Crosslateral Integration

• Test
• Line draw across board
• Activities for to Promote Integration
• Picking up objects from one side of body and
  placing on other
• Pat-a-cake
• Crawl stroke with breathing
• Simon Says (touch right foot with left hand)
• Crawling on rope crossing hands/feet