Orientation Flashcards
(14 cards)
Body parts consists of
head
arms
legs
feet
Body movements are
up/down
forward/backward
Body sides are
front/back
top/bottom
left/right
Laterality/directionality is moving
object to object relationship is
left, right
Something that gives direction, such as Cardinal directions
A response requires 4 criteria such as
Perception/awareness of objects
knowledge of environmental concepts
ability to gather and identify sensory information, filter and remember
organize and retain in relation to you and other objects
Environmental concepts
helps to identify
important for
is
objects in world around us
communication
systematic
Orientation (def) is the process of using senses to
establish and maintain one’s position and relationship to all other significant objects in one’s environment (Hill & Ponder)
Poor body awareness leads to
decreased awareness of
decreased awareness of body position in
body position in space
relation to other objects
Poor body awareness leads to
directed movement toward
difficulty
other objects
following movement instructions
Teaching sensory skills
talk about the use of
give
provide tactile objects to
vision and how they usually perceive the environment
multisensory experience
develop discrimination
Teaching sensory skills
give
encourage the incorporation and use of
positive reinforcement and feedback
senses to gather information and perform tasks
Navigation is the mechanism used by
Wayfinding is planning and strategic component that
an organism to find its way through the environment
guide action, deliberate movements, ability to reach a goal
environmental flow is accessing/ updating
spatial updating is keeping track of changing
environment/body movements information while moving
directions and directions to objects/places that result from movement
environmental flow (perceptual) leads to
spatial updating (cognitive)
