visual motor planning deficits

Anyone will a child struggling with this issue I’d welcome any and
all info

Hi there;

My 7.9 yr old dd has a Non-verbal LD. As part of her NLD - she struggles with visual processing/perception and with motor planning (she is very uncoordinated, has no sense of balance, bumps into things… ).

After a lot of research and consultations with my dd’s audiologist (oh yes, my dd also has Auditory Processing Disorder - APD), we decided to do a therapy combo this Spring/Summer that should address her visual processing and motor planning issues, and also improve the integration of all the in-puts and out-puts (visual, auditory, motor, vestibular . . ).

So, what we are going to do is the following:

1. 3-4 weeks of Balametrics - the Learning Breakthrough Program (home based therapy - see the link below)

Then:
2. 3-4 weeks of NeuroNet - similar as the above, but also includes metronome (should help with the sense of rhythm, processing speed, and stuff like that)

And at the end
3. 8-10 weeks of PACE program (see link below). PACE is kind of hard to figure out without seeing a presentation. Seems like a quite difficult program for a child to do, and it’s done 3 x week with the therapist and 3 x week at home.

Here are the links:

Balametrics:
http://www.balametrics.com/

NeuroNet (which emerged from Balametrics)
http://www.neuronetonline.com/NNhtml.php

PACE (Processing And Cognitive Enhancement)
http://www.learninginfo.

Well, this is what we we’ll do.

I hope this helps a bit.

Rubby

My son sustained a brain injury two years ago & we did IM

Jason had to do 6 pre sessions before he could be at a level to start the program 15 sessions through an OT.

He moved up 4 levels from the very lowest level to average for his age.
She gave him pre & post visual motor and visual perceptual tests. He was 9.8 at the time.

VMI - Prior to training age equivalent 7.0 - Post training 8.9 age equivalent (39th percentile). The VMI test was also done by an OT at his school (four months post injury) & he was in the 2nd percentile at that time.

MVPT-3 - Prior to training age equivalent 8.0 - Post training 8.6 age equivalent (37th percentile).

Ruby - you’ve got a great plan going. Hopefully, Jason will be able to do PACE this summer, he has to be a certain level with VT first.

[quote=”Cara”]My son sustained a brain injury two years ago & we did IM

Hopefully, Jason will be able to do PACE this summer, he has to be a certain level with VT first.[/quote]

Yes, that’s what i’ve heard - kids have to be at a certain level of VT before they can fully benefit from PACE. I hope Lara’s visual and motor processing and integration reaches that level by the time we start with PACE.

I’ve seen a demonstrations of 2 PACE excercises and let me tell you - that stuff it hard (but great!)!

All the best to you Cara and your boy!

Rubby