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When assessing a child's development, a common question parents have is how to encourage gross motor development. Rolling over, standing, walking, and balancing are all important gross motor milestones. Increasingly, we are seeing children who lack good core strength. This can impact upon concentration, handwriting, and self confidence, as if your child is having to use a lot of energy just to stay upright, they have less capacity to invest in learning other tasks. Many children have hypermobile joints, and need a little extra work to keep their joints stable and protected. Movement Solutions Paediatric Physiotherapy are renowned for their expertise in childhood motor development for children of all abilities, and run regular group-based gross motor classes at Grow Medical Sherwood. Read on to find out how to encourage gross motor development in your child through our regular Coordinated Kids Gross Motor Development Classes.

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Co-ordinated Kids

Sometimes children need a little extra help when it comes to learning about their balance and coordination. If you have concerns about your child's motor development, book a doctor appointment with your GP at Grow Medical in order to have a thorough assessment of your child's development. If necessary, they can refer to our Paediatrician for further assessment. No matter what the issue, children respond well to extra activities focussed on their area of difficulty. We take the approach that building on a child's strengths, and helping them with areas of difficulty, will help them make the most of what they have been given, and grow into happy and productive members of society.

Our physiotherapy partners Movement Solutions believe all children should have the opportunity to learn and practice these skills to be the best they can be, so they can actively participate with siblings and friends at home, daycare and kindy.

To this end, Movement Solutions run regular Coordinated Kids Classes at our Sherwood Practice.

These classes are especially popular for children preparing to start school. They are run by our physiotherapists in the gym space and are fun and encouraging.

Classes are circuit style with a number of different stations each with a different challenging but fun task to try. While the classes are run by a physiotherapist the children do require parental supervision and assistance at all times. The classes are limited to a maximum of four children. These 45 minute sessions suit their concentration span and energy levels.

These sessions are ideal for:

Low muscle tone
Premature infants
Developmental delay
Motor dyspraxia
Cerebral Palsy GMFCS I and II
Genetic conditions

Programs focus on a number of goals:

Co-ordination and balance
Gross motor skills
Walking and running style
Hand eye co-ordination
Turn taking
Socialising and group play

When does Co-ordinated Kids run?
· Friday 9.30am

Costs: $40 per session paid at the start of the term as a package. To secure your placement, please ensure that payment is arranged prior to the first class. Please talk to our reception staff about payment methods * Private health fund rebates vary according to your fund and level of insurance ** Better start or NDIS funding eligible.

Please call Movement Solutions' receptionists at Coorparoo on 07 3324 2490 . No refunds or credits can be given for missed classes.