What is a fine motor skills disorder?

Fine Motor Skills - What are Fine Motor Skills :

Fine motor skills involve the small muscles of the body that enable such functions as writing, grasping small objects, and fastening clothing. Fine motor skills involve strength, fine motor control, and dexterity.

How Fine Motor Skills Affect Learning and Living Skills:
Fine motor skills are important in most school activities as well as in life in general. Weaknesses in fine motor skills can affect a child's ability to eat, write legibly, use a computer, turn pages in a book, and perform personal care tasks such as dressing and grooming.

Fine Motor Weakness and Practical Strategies for Improvement:
If your child has fine motor weaknesses that may affect his education, discuss his fine motor skills with your child's IEP team. Evaluation by a physical and/or occupational therapist can determine if his fine motor skills are a concern. Fine motor skill weaknesses can improve with therapy.

The IEP team will use therapists' assessments and other evaluation data to determine if your child needs regular therapy as a related service. If your child needs therapy to benefit from specially designed instruction, these services will be written into the individual education program.