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Crawling is a foundational developmental milestone that does far more than help babies move around. Research shows that when infants crawl, they develop crucial cross-lateral movements where opposite sides of the body must coordinate - right arm with left leg and vice versa. This cross-patterning helps establish important neural connections between the brain's hemispheres. Beyond physical coordination, crawling is vital in developing depth perception and spatial awareness. As

Lynne Kenney, PsyD Reading requires a complex interplay between cognitive, sensory, and motor processes. Sensory motor skills are fundamental to developing good reading skills in elementary school because reading involves more than just decoding letters and words on a page. Sensory motor skills are those that involve the coordination of movement with sensory input, such as eye-hand coordination, gross and fine motor skills, and spatial awareness. Initial sensory-motor develop

Teaching children how to slow down enhances self-regulation. Today on our Executive Function Festival on Instagram and Facebook, we are doing some cognitive-motor activities to enhance self-regulation. Here are some of the benefits of motor movement for calming. https://www.instagram.com/drlynnekenney Engaging children and adolescents through rhythm - The benefits of coordinative cognitive rhythmic movement for children's self-regulation include: Activating executive function

Lynne Kenney, PsyD & Alice Li, BS Boston College Recently an occupational therapist who attended our executive function workshop in Toronto, Canada wrote to ask how I view the difference between visual-perceptual and visual-spatial skills. This got me reflecting and looking into the science. In clinical practice, I usually view visual-perceptual skills as the ability to orient in space, interact with objects such as balls, bean bags, cones, and physical objects, and the abili