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Gross Motor and Sensory
- Walks clumsily, often losing balance
- Throws a ball with difficulty
- Jumps with difficulty
- Loses balance often when running
- Fixated on activities like swinging, jumping, climbing, pushing, or biting to the exclusion of other activities
- Tends to push too hard; has trouble with grading his force
- Has little interest in interactive games
Fine Motor and Vision- Has trouble grasping a crayon or pen (uses a very immature grasp pattern, such as using the fist)
- Has trouble with scribbling
- Has trouble towering blocks
- Has oversensitivity to light
- Avoids near-vision activities, such as working with puzzles
- Avoids far-vision activities, such as ball play
- Complains of double vision
- Has changes in the appearance of the eyes
Cognitive and Behavior- Has decreased interest in interactive games
- Demonstrates poor attention to games, other children, family members
- Has decreased interest in fantasy play
- Has no interest in other children
- Doesn’t respond to people other than family members
- Continues to have great difficulty separating from parents
Speech and Language- Has a limited vocabulary of less than 50 words
- Has poor attention when spoken to
- Does not use sentences with multiple words
Social and Emotional- Does not respond to people outside the family
- Continues to have great trouble separating from parents
Daily Routines- Has very unusual food preferences
- Still requires being spoon-fed
- Still uses the bottle
- Has trouble falling or staying asleep
- Is chronically sleepy
- Has trouble with breathing or snoring during sleep
- Has frequent nightmares or screaming during sleep
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