Gross Motor Imitation Problems

[Guest guest]

Can anyone help, suggest and/or recommend ways to improve gross motor

imitation.

Child does not appear to have any physical/gross motor limitations.

However, he's struggling to follow simple gross motor imitations

during sessions.

He attends/looks at his teacher when instructed to " do this, copy me,

follow me, do the same " . However, when it comes to coordinating the

movements he gets stuck. We are using simple and familiar actions

(clap hands, march, rub hands together, stand up, turn around, hands

up..). Otherwise, he's very successful matching, following short

receptive instructions, mands non-stop, fill ins songs, plays well

independently and with teacher and etc. Any feedback will be much

appreciated.

Inina

[Guest guest]

It may be associated with his memory of what he sees – if you are

doing two actions, he must remember and correctly recall both of

them to do it correctly – which effectively doubles the amount he

must recall on demand………….you might try to pair a verbal prompt with

your motor imitation to help him recall both.

Cuomo, EdS, BCBA, LMHC

Behavior Works

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321-543-6729

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> Can anyone help, suggest and/or recommend ways to improve gross

motor

> imitation.

> Child does not appear to have any physical/gross motor limitations.

> However, he's struggling to follow simple gross motor imitations

> during sessions.

> He attends/looks at his teacher when instructed to " do this, copy

me,

> follow me, do the same " . However, when it comes to coordinating the

> movements he gets stuck. We are using simple and familiar actions

> (clap hands, march, rub hands together, stand up, turn around,

hands

> up..). Otherwise, he's very successful matching, following short

> receptive instructions, mands non-stop, fill ins songs, plays well

> independently and with teacher and etc. Any feedback will be much

> appreciated.

>

> Inina

>