The definition of apraxia is difficulty getting your body to do what it needs to do in order to complete a task. A term also used is motor planning.
Praxis is when you think, I want to put my pants on, then your brain tells your muscles what steps they need to take in order to accomplish this task.
When you have apraxia, you have trouble figuring out what you need your muscles to do in order to accomplish the task.
The term can be used related to tasks, so you may hear someone talk about types of apraxia, such as speech apraxia, dressing apraxia, oral apraxia.
Some activities that work on motor planning:
scanning manipulatives
More ways to use Wikki Stix
In-hand Manipulation Activities
Munchy Ball with Garden Food
Back to school activities
buttoning practice with rainbow ice cream cone
Operation Pet Scan
Bimanual hand skills with munchy ball
Mini Munchy Ball
Using Pennies and Coins in Therapy
Wrapping and Taping
Making button letters and names
Movement and Learning Go Together
Clay Writing Board
OT Flower Coloring Page
Fruit Munching Fine Motor Activies
Make a fine motor balance tree
Bimanual Task Stencil Tracing on a Board
A smaller munchy ball pet
Cute felt piggy bank with button slot and zipper
Big mouth creature for feeding pom poms to
Save the Dinosaurs fine motor game
Pizza Delivery Game For Following Directions
Perler Beads
Using a Water Gun to Propel a Ball
Scissor Cutting Shapes: Pizza
Make Button Flowers
Slowing Down With Scissor Cutting
Balloon Volleyball
Using Gel Clings in Therapy
Felt Christmas Tree
The Visual Motor Aspect of Buttons and Zippers
Scissor Cutting Turkey Template
I Love Using Color Pop
