As an infant ages and continues to grow he or she interacts with the environment in which they are in to develop gross and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are physical movements that involve large muscles such as walking. Fine motor skills are skills that are physical movements that involve small muscles and eye-hand coordination such as grasping keys to unlock a loc

A person with an illness or disability can be taught these developmental skills through occupational therapy in order to be able to be functional and independent in their environment in which they are living. For the therapist to better understand motor development

A daily activity could be to brush one’s teeth. There are a lot of steps involved and developmental skills needed in this activity that a person that is able to do normally does not even think about. The person will have to manage to get to a sink, get a toothbrush and some tooth paste. Then be able to put the toothpaste on the brush and be able to use the water and sink, and do the action of brushing teeth. This process involves not only motor movement but also involve cognitive or thinking skills, psychological skills, and social skills. An example of a cognitive or thinking skills would be planning and sequencing. To brush one’s teeth involves planning and knowing the steps of the process of brushing your teeth and putting those steps in right order. A psychosocial ski

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