MY CHILD’S CONDITION
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T O U C H
- Avoids “messy” materials in play (play-doh, glue, paint, sand)
- Dislikes the feeling to certain clothing
- Dislikes standing in line and unexpected touch or touch in general
- Doesn’t register pain as others do (eg. Doesn’t notice bleeding until mentioned by others)
M O V E M E N T
- Hesitates to climb or play with equipment that moves
- Seeks out spinning and jumping a lot
- Becomes motion sick easily
B O D Y A W A R E N E S S
- Clumsy, accident prone, bumps into people and things
- Lacks co-ordination
- Difficulty imitating postures
S O U N D
- Misses part/all verbal instructions often
- Fearful of noises that don’t bother others (e.g. planes, vacuum, hair dryers, sirens)
- Distracted by noises not noticed by others
S I G H T
- Easily visually distracted
- Overwhelmed in visually stimulating environments (eg shopping malls, supermarkets)
S M E L L
- Distressed by smells not distressing to others (eg perfume, cleaning products)
T A S T E
- Constantly mouths non-food objects (eg sweaters, toys)
- Very picky eater (texture based)
- History of poor feeding/irregular hunger patterns
G E N E R A L S E L F – R E G U L A T I O N (“Engine” related issues)
- Difficulty accepting change in routine
- Lacks organisation in tasks
- Appears to know what he/she wants to do, but can’t “get it together”
- Rapid and extreme mood and activity level changes
- Difficulty calming after exciting activity/fidgets a lot
- Difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep/irregular sleep or hunger patterns
- Finds excuses to wander during seated time (school; desk work, home; dinner table)
- Day dreamy, hard to motivate
- Difficulty sustaining concentration
G R O S S M O T O R
- Clumsy, trips often, bumps into people and things, knocks things over
- Slumped posture when sitting at the table
- Walk on toes
- Can’t sit/stand still, fidgets a lot
- Dislikes using playground equipment / PE lessons
- Difficulty catching, throwing and/or kicking balls
F I N E M O T O R
- Awkward pencil grip
- Presses too hard when writing/breaks the pencil lead often
- Poor tracing, writing, cutting, pasting skills
- Swaps dominant hands when performing tasks
- Doesn’t use the non-dominant hand to assist in activities (eg doesn’t stabilise the paper when writing)
- Trouble handling small objects
- Slow in completing set tasks
S E L F-C A R E
- Difficulty opening school lunch box/other containers
- Difficulty tying shoelaces
- Takes a long time to complete basic self-care tasks
- Trouble orienting clothes properly when getting dressed
- Trouble doing up fastenings when dressing (buttons, zips, press studs)
- Messy eater
P L A Y
- Attempts to control/direct play with peers, very rule bound
- Tends to play the same game repeatedly rather than try new activities
- Has trouble staying with one toy/activity for long
- Prefers play with older or younger children than age peers
- Plays beside rather than with peers
L E A R N I N G / S O C I A L E M O T I O N A L B E H A V I O U R S
- Fearful of new situations
- Lacks confidence
- Disorganised, messy
- Has difficulty accepting change in routine with ease
- Becomes easily frustrated
- Short attention span, often impulsive
- Difficulty starting or completing assignments
- Difficulty planning and sequencing tasks
- Difficulty copying from the blackboard
- Easily loses place when reading or writing.
