How to Help Kids with Balance | 7 Activities to Improve Postural Control & Balance

Postural control, balance, and core strength are three underlying skills that impact so many parts of daily life! Things like getting dressed, going up stairs, sitting in a chair, and kicking a ball all require good balance, core strength, and postural stability. Today’s video shares a little bit about these three key areas and why we want to include activities to help strengthen them! We'll also share our top 7 activities you can include in your daily routine or clinical practice immediately! 📚 Table of Contents 📚 0:00 Intro 0:16 What is postural control 2:43 Signs of dysfunction 5:06 Activity 1: Visual-vestibular activities 6:18 Activity 2: Primitive reflex integration 6:58 Activity 3: Therapy ball activities 7:50 Activity 4: Balance beams & boards 8:33 Activity 5: Bilateral coordination 9:25 Activity 6: Bosu ball activities 10:06 Activity 7: Unenclosed swings 11:49 Outro ====== 👩‍🏫 Want to learn about Primitive Reflexes and activities to help if they are unintegrated? We have a full course all about Primitive Reflexes and how https://harkla.co/products/primitive-... You'll get in-depth info about how integrating primitive reflexes can help: ⭐️ Coordination ⭐️ Motor Skills ⭐️ Learning ⭐️ and so much more! Click here to learn more about the full course: https://harkla.co/products/primitive-... ============= #PosturalControl #BalanceSkills #OccupationalTherapy #ChildDevelopment #OTActivities #GrossMotorSkills #VestibularProcessing #CoreStrength #OTTips #SensoryProcessing 🔗 Links 🔗 Download the Freebie! https://harkla.co/pages/yt-freebie-op... All Things Sensory Podcast Episode 205: Sensory Based Motor Disorder https://harkla.co/blogs/podcast/205-s... Sensory Processing Disorder Training https://harkla.co/pages/sensory-proce... Astronaut Training from Vital Links https://vitallinks.com/course/astrona... Free Primitive Reflex Webinar https://harkla.co/pages/register-prim... What are Primitive Reflexes Blog https://harkla.co/pages/primitive-ref... Gross Motor Skills Course https://harkla.co/products/gross-moto... ==== Get More Content From Us! 👩‍💻 Harkla https://harkla.co/ 📰 Hakla Blog https://harkla.co/blogs/special-needs 🎧 All Things Sensory Podcast by Harkla https://harkla.co/blogs/podcast 🤳 Harkla Instagram   / harkla_family  

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