{"id":1093,"date":"2020-06-09T11:39:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T15:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2020-06-09T22:14:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T02:14:55","slug":"tools-tuesday-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/2020\/06\/09\/tools-tuesday-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I use balls all the time during OT sessions and it is a “tool”<\/span><\/em> that I don’t want to overlook! They are used to increase fine motor, gross motor, attention, strength, endurance, etc. We use a variety of sizes depending on the purpose for the individual session. Larger therapy balls help to work on balance reactions and postural control as well as providing vestibular input in a variety of directions. Students may sit on a therapy ball to increase attention, posture during activities, and to provide necessary sensory feedback. Smaller balls are also used in a variety of ways during more of a “play-based” therapy session and here are a number of things I could be focusing on: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Visual attention to the ball<\/li>
  2. Maintaining a stable base of support while reaching for the ball<\/li>
  3. Rotating the trunk<\/li>
  4. Grasping the ball<\/li>
  5. Flexing\/Extending the wrist, elbow and shoulder<\/li>
  6. Maintaining attention to the task<\/li>
  7. Demonstrate visual motor coordination to hit a target<\/li>
  8. Bilateral Coordination<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Today, the Tools Tuesday<\/span><\/strong> highlights are brought to you from Lisa Marnell, OTRL from Kids Master Skills<\/strong><\/em>. Below are a number of activities you can do with your child using a ball and having fun! Download a copy for your convenience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Gross-Motor-Ball-Skills<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    I use balls all the time during OT sessions and it is a “tool” that I don’t want to overlook! They are used to increase fine motor, gross motor, attention, strength, endurance, etc. We use a variety of sizes depending on the purpose for the individual session. Larger therapy balls help to work on balance…»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1565,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1565"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1093"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1120,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093\/revisions\/1120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}