Oculomotor Testing and Training Part I
Oculomotor Testing and Training Intro Eye Movements Eye movement testing has benefitted from advances both in science and technology. Maples and his coworkers have greatly refined the gross testing of eye movements by observation with the NSUCO standardization. Eye movement recording has been improved by the use of goggles with LEDs and sensitive photocells that…...
Ball Hitting – Body Contact
*Ball Hitting – Body Contact See Also: Ball Hitting Ball Hitting Hand Movements PURPOSE: The purpose of these activities is to help the patient develop understanding of how the eyes move, the ability to control these movements in a coordinated and effortless manner, and the ability to visually anticipate movement or change. Quality eye movements direct…...
Ball Hitting – Dive Bomb
Ball Hitting – Dive Bomb See Also: Ball Hitting Ball Hitting Hand Movements Ball Hitting – Body Contact PURPOSE: The purpose of these activities is to help the patient develop understanding of how the eyes move, the ability to control these movements in a coordinated and effortless manner, and the ability to visually anticipate movement…...
Ball Hitting – Hand Movements
Ball Hitting – Hand Movements by DrB • November 23, 2011 • 0 Comments See Also: Ball Hitting – Body Contact Ball Hitting PURPOSE: The purpose of these activities is to help the patient develop understanding of how the eyes move, the ability to control these movements in a coordinated and effortless manner, and the ability to visually anticipate movement…...
Ball On String From Teeth
*Ball On String From Teeth Ball On String From Teeth Purpose: To develop freedoms between visually monitored space organization and gross bodily movement patterns Apparatus: A red ball on a length of string. Method: Patient is to hold string securely between teeth. Bend over parallel to floor, placing hands on knees. The ball should be…...
Clapping Games
Clapping Games Purpose: To develop rhythm, bilateral integration, and laterality awareness. Materials: Two simple chairs or stools. Metronome, music. Procedure: Child and therapist sit erect, facing one another. Rest hands on knees, palms down. Set a beat on the metronome (a song can also be used). The the beat, do the following: 1. Tap right knee…...
Ball Passing Behind Knees
Ball Passing Behind Knees Purpose: To stimulate visual monitoring of head to foot and right to left gross interweaving patterns of hands and feet. Materials: One hand-size ball, about the size of a tennis ball Procedure: Patient is instructed as follows: 1. Pass ball from right hand to left hand under right knee as foot…...
Ball Toss Over Shoulder
Ball Toss Over Shoulder Purpose: To develop awareness of proprioceptive factors involved in eye-hand judgements by using back space. Materials: Tennis ball or rubber ball of comparable size Procedure: Patient is instructed to: 1. With right hand, toss ball over left shoulder from behind. 2. Catch it with the left hand. 3. With left hand, toss…...
Blow Ball
Blow Ball Purpose: To strengthen convergence and near accommodative skills, and concentration and self-control. Materials: Ping pong ball. ‘Blow Ball Track’ – Take a paper towel tube and cut it in half lengthwise. Color/paint in three or four coloured lines at different points along the track (these lines should be short, curving along the inside…...
Brock String
Brock String In spite of it’s modest appearance, the Brock String is a powerful tool for developing vision. It consists of a sturdy string strung through a number of brightly colored beads. The therapist guides the client through varied exercises that require the beads be viewed at varying distances, and generally in some sort of sequence. A typical…...