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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD was a 31 week preemie and has mild spastic hemiplegia, but really low tone on both sides of her body.  We did OT and PT through PIE until she aged out.  We had a private eval through kennedy kreiger's preschool clinic (which I recommend - worth the drive) and their take was that her overriding problems were bilateral coordination, crossing midline, and a weak core.  We chose to concentrate on these rather than fine motor skills, with the thought that until she can easily sit straight and make her hands work together, no point in tackling fine motor skills.  THis has turned out to work very well for our daughter.  We do swimming, which requires bilateral coordination and strengthens the cores, and is fun.  I also found a tae kwon do class through the Lab School in B'more (closer to our house than DC).  We tried to get in "regular" martial arts classes but we were told she was too slow (visual processing issues).  The tae kwon do has been amazing; all my kids go and love it.  You might call the Lab school in DC and see if they have any activities that would be open to your son.  And we do a weekly tumbling class at my gym, also to strengthen the core.  I'm currently looking into drum lessons for her, which would allow her to play an instrument like her brothers but doesn't require as much hand strength as guitar or coordination as piano.

FWIW, at my daughter's initial eval she couldn't hold scissors in one hand and cut paper - used 2 hands for the scissors.  After 2 mos of swimming, tumbling, and tae kwon do (and no OT per se) , she is able to cut out shapes - holding paper in one hand and scissors in the other!!

Good luck to you.  [/quote]

How old is your child now? at time she could cut with scissors?[/quote]

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