1 Oct 2007 - Dyspraxia and sensory integration problem
C is a 15 year old girl with Dyspraxia and Sensory Integration problems which make the sorts of everyday movements other people take for granted very difficult for her.
Her intelligence is not impaired and she attends a mainstream school some distance from home which gives a lot of academic homework, so she does not have time to fit in any AT lessons during term-time, this means C has her lessons in blocks during the school holidays. Her hobby is horse-riding which she does competently but she has great difficulty mounting and dismounting.
During our first set of lessons, we worked on mounting a horse as C had great difficulty lifting her leg over the horse, or any object like a stile. She worked hard in the lessons and has taught her body the movements it did not know how to make and she can now mount the horse without help.
During her second set of lessons, we worked on dismounting by using rolling movements, teaching C to look in the direction she wants her body to move and using the rolling exercises to reinforce this along with some other exercises for co-ordination and balance. She can now dismount without help.
This comment is from C’s Mum. “I am astounded at the way in which these exercises which look so simple have not only such a profound and long-lasting effect in physical day-to-day movements but also knock on effects of higher self-esteem due to a great sense of achievement.”
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