Your Therapy Source Magazine for Pediatric Therapists July 2016 | Page 17

Delays in motor skill development may affect academics, activities of daily living,
concentration, emotional and social skills. The Journal of Early Childhood
Research reported on a study of children (ages 3-6) with coordination disorders
who participated in motor skill interventions over the course of two
years. The Early Years Movement Skills (EYMSC) checklist and the Movement
ABC were used for assessment purposes. The motor skill interventions were
established for each individual child using the assessment profiles and priorities of
each child. Teachers were provided with guidelines to carry out the motor skill
interventions. The 54 children were divided into 3 groups (2 groups of children
who had coordination difficulties and one group of children without coordination
difficulties) receiving periods of intervention for 10 weeks on and 10 weeks off.
During the periods of intervention, the children participated in 3 to 4 sessions per
week at 20 minutes each.
The three graded parts of the motor skill intervention were:
1. exposure – age appropriate activities that supplement classroom work
giving the
child exposure to a wide range of tasks.
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