Sensory Motor Development

from birth to 2 years

The ability of the brain to organize input for use in movement, static positioning, knowledge about environment

• Sensory System
• Mechanism located in the inner ear and is activated by movement or by changing head postion

• Maintiaining Equilibrium
• Direction of eye gaze
• Maintaining vision dependent upon head position

• Sensory system
• Provides info from inside the body-especially muscles, joints and ligaments.
• Provides internal awareness of body parts to allow us to perform activities w/ coordination

• Providing input for joint stability
• Joint movement/position in space

To provide co-contraction of muscles for joint stability and alert them to position of their body & body parts in relationship to the environment.

• body weight
• punch a bag
• wearing weights
• teeter-totters
• climbing activities

Responsible for sensory messages rcvd through our skin.

Aid in use of touch to lear abou tthe body and environment

as a basic component of motor learning & to help determine the quality of objects as well as own body.

• patting on the back
• arm aruond the shoulder
• back rub
• deep and light massage
• use of different textures
• brushing
• vibrators

Child's ability to organize, plan and execute a new or unpracticed motor task

to development of the sensory systems, especially the tactile system.

• Improving tactile responses
• movement
• kinesthetic-proprioceptive processing
• increase body awareness

Responsible for the ability of the body to adjust to movements or shifts to maintain or regain balance

vestibular and kinesthetic sensory systems

• Balance type activities using the individual's own body or other apparatus that challenges the pts ability to cope
• Rolling
• Spinning
• Rocking
• Swinging
• Oscillation
• Changes in position