Occupational Therapy Educational Handout - MIDLINE CROSSING

Occupational Therapy EDUCATION HANDOUT: DEVELOPING MIDLINE CROSSING + ACTIVITY PRINTABLE TEMPLATES

Developed by a Paediatric Occupational Therapist and used in 1:1 therapy, group therapy, home practice and classroom settings (mainstream and education support settings)

• The midline is an imaginary vertical line down the middle of our body and crossing it, means to use or legs and arms on the opposite side of that imaginary line (e.g. left arm, reaching across to pick something up on the right hand side of our body)
• Not automatically crossing the midline can impact the development and consistency of hand dominance (bossy hand v helper hand)

• Signs that your child / student may not be crossing the midline
• Over 20 fun and engaging activities to develop midline crossing

• MIDLINE FIGURE 8 RACETRACK TEMPLATE - PRINT AND GO
• MIDLINE RAINBOW TEMPLATE - PRINT AND GO

Print and share as a parent resource for primary school, therapy and support settings.