A second grade child has difficulty isolating finger movements, has uncoordinated and poorly developed in-hand manipulation skills, and is unable to make precise movements of the hand which cause much difficulty with tool use of any kind. The child s arches are not well developed, showing overly straight fingers when picking up objects, doesn t round the finger pads against thumb pad when grasping objects, and makes vertical jagged lines when attempting to make small, circular movements. Write a LTG, STO, and intervention plan. A child in the first grad has extremely weak upper extremities. The shoulder cannot hold the arms in extension for longer than a few seconds.
Grip strength is negligible.
Words printed from a copy cannot be deciphered without the copy present. Pencils are held in a very weak crossed thumb grasp. Write a LTG, STO, and intervention plan. A 9 year old child s writing is not legible. It is poorly organized on the page, sometimes beginning in the middle of the page, sometimes at an edge.