How to Use Sensory Reinforcement

Please view the longer video at the bottom of this post for detailed information on how to create and use sensory reinforcement to promote functional hand skills.

Notice that the client is tolerating physical assistance to place the ring and reaches toward the container to insert the object. This is the first step to increasing awareness of the task and the motor planning to perform it. Over time, he gradually learned to perform both of these tasks given verbal and point cues.

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