Practical ideas for primary staff on setting up the environment, task and equipment to support a pupil’s handwriting and tool use, using an occupational therapy approach.
Guidance for primary staff on supporting pupils with Down syndrome to develop motor skills and walking, and how physical development links to attention and learning in the school day.
Guidance for primary staff on how gross motor skills affect PE and break times, with ideas for adapting the environment and activities so pupils with Down syndrome can join in.
An occupational therapy handout made with Live & Love It, helping primary staff think about the pupil, the environment and the task to support handwriting and using tools such as scissors.
Lists the early reading, early numeracy and fine motor activities from Stage D, video 6, with handy hints. Helps parents of young children with Down syndrome practise little and often at home.
Lists the early reading, early numeracy and fine motor activities from Stage D, video 4, with handy hints. Helps parents of young children with Down syndrome practise little and often at home.
Lists the early reading, early numeracy and fine motor activities from Stage C, video 6, with handy hints. Helps parents of young children with Down syndrome practise little and often at home.
Lists the early reading, early numeracy and fine motor activities from Stage C, video 4, with handy hints. Helps parents of young children with Down syndrome practise little and often at home.
Lists the early reading, early numeracy and fine motor activities from Stage B, video 6, with handy hints. Helps parents of young children with Down syndrome practise little and often at home.
Lists the early reading, early numeracy and fine motor activities from Stage B, video 4, with handy hints. Helps parents of young children with Down syndrome practise little and often at home.
