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Fine Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome -A Guide for Parents & Teachers

Excellent suggestions for home-based activities that improve fine motor skills!

What are fine motor skills? Very simply they are the hand skills that allow us to do things like hold a pencil, cut with scissors, eat with a fork, or use a computer. Successful development of fine motor skills can be challenging for children with Down syndrome, although delays in this area may not be as obvious as delays in speech or gross motor development. The good news is that parents and professionals can dramatically improve fine motor functioning in children with appropriate therapy and practice. Fine Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome gives parents the background and guidance to improve their child's hand coordination, paving the way for greater independence and a higher level of accomplishment. Occupational and physical therapists can use the book as a source of ideas for their own therapy sessions and to offer parents excellent suggestions for home-based activities.

Typical Access Profile

Auditory Normal Low Extremely Low Not Using Hearing Hyper-Acute	Vision Normal Low Extremely Low Not Using Vision
Gross Motor All Some Few Not Using Gross Motor	Fine Motor All Some Few Not Using Fine Motor
Developmental Age Range 0 - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 13 and Over	Language Typical Some Spoken Receptive Only Sign Assistive/Augmentitive Not Using Language