Module 5 Motor Planning

Jake struggles with motor planning tasks everyday and his ability to anticipate performance. He can be described as having overall good muscle tone, but lacks initiation to engage in simple activities. Jake needs much prompting to brush his teeth, sometimes with hand over hand assistance of his mom. There is not a whole lot of rebellion when mom does this, but it would be better if he completed the task on his own. Even when he stands in front of the sink he does not initiate motor planning to get a toothbrush, toothpaste and brush his teeth.

One tx we can try using will be categorization skills. We will place two contrasting pieces of paper on the table and begin categorizing items. One paper will be yellow(playground), the other blue (bathroom). Jake will be given 5 pictures of toothbrushes and 5 pictures of a ball. he will need to categorize the ball with the playground and toothbrushes with the bathroom. After he masters this skill we will 1-2 more objects (i.e. toothpaste, comb, etc) for him to complete his hygiene with little to no prompts. Knowing that Jake likes Mickey Mouse we will make sure he is using a MM toothbrush and MM toothpaste.

Knowing that motivation will increase his attention and level of alertness, he will be more likely to complete the task with Mickey Mouse. Increasing his motivation will increase his initiation. Less initiation from mom = less prompting.