Infants whose start in life was not optimal, and those who have atypical brain development are often less active and therefore have fewer opportunities to learn from experience and development a sense of their own ability to use movement to engage with the environment in ways that are fun and and make interesting things happen.
Knowing how to motivate children to move, explore and engage with their social and physical environment at different ages and levels of ability is an essential tool in the therapist's kit and often is the game changer.
| Motivating babies and toddlers |
| Motivating a toddler to engage with me |
| Sitting games |
| Reaching games |
| Moving large plastic bottles |
| Unpacking a basket of plastic bottles |
| Lily and Nana play catch and throw Social interaction motivates child to stay engaged |
| Standing with support games |
| Moving bottles to improve standing balance |