Gross motor difficulties (Movement, strength and balance development):
- The child has poor posture while sitting in a chair at the table and during situations of unsupported sitting
- Low muscle tone
- Poor ball skills
- Poor balance skills
- Difficulty coordinating both sides of the body
- Avoids tasks and games that require gross motor skills
- Clumsy
Fine motor difficulties:
- The child struggles to grasp crayons and pencils
- Avoidance of fine motor activities or their hands tires easily during fine motor tasks
- The child has difficulty manipulating small objects and using scissors
- The child may press too hard or too light on the paper when writing
- The child struggles to string beads, do buttons and manipulate toys
- Not developing a hand dominance at an age appropriate time/li>
Visual motor delays:
- Poor handwriting, drawing and colouring skills
- Difficulty with copying shapes or letters
- Difficulty with copying from the board or another paper
Visual perceptual delays:
- Difficulty with the spacing and sizes of letters
- Difficulty with recognizing letters
- Difficulty with visual tracking and crossing midline
- Difficulty finding objects among other objects
- Difficulty with the concept of right and left
- Poor sorting and matching
- Letter reversals
- The child struggles to build puzzles
Sensory processing difficulties:
- Overly sensitive or heightened reactivity to sound, touch, or movement
- Under-responsive to certain sensations (e.g., high pain tolerance, doesn't notice cuts/bruises)
- Constantly moving, jumping etc.
- The child frequently runs into things in the classroom, falls to the floor, or purposely crashes into things or people.
- Easily distracted by visual or auditory stimuli
- Emotionally reactive
- Difficulty coping with change
- Inability to calm self when upset
Social difficulties:
- Struggles to Interact with others and following routines