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Exercise instruction sheets: for children with movement difficulties: DCD, dyspraxia and joint hypermobility

There are exercises in four sections:

1. Lower limb activities for strength, coordination and agility
2. Trunk exercises: for strength and stability in supine, prone, sitting and standing
3. Shoulder exercises for strength 
4. Hand activities

The Trunk SfA and Leg SfA downloads include descriptions of the basic movements sequences that a young child should be able to do.

These downloads are in MS Word format which gives you the freedom to:          

• cut and paste the activities you wish to include in your handouts;
• edit them to suit the needs of your patients;
• add information as needed.

Sample pages

Watching Will: a video diary with commnetary  

Included in this subscription is Watching Will: Third month. There are video clips of Will in supine, prone, sitting and standing as well as being lifted and carried.

These clips illustrate the list of abilities described in Development: Third Month

The price for a year’s subscription is $40 (approx £25).

If you would like to preview PDF copies of the downloads,  please e-mail shop@skillsforaction.com

Purchase a subscription to SfA Therapy Resources

IMPORTANT Please note: The content of these instruction handouts is the same as that in the Training SfA  PDF downloads. The difference is that the Training SfA PDF downloads are for personal use only. The SfA Therapy resources downloads can be reproduced for patient handouts as they are published under a Creative Commons license.

Coming in February  2010

Fascial mobilisation for chidlren
Video clips of mobilisation techniques that can be used with children