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BILATERAL COORDINATION: An expression of faulty ‘sharing of information’ between the right and left hemispheres of the brain. Easily tested for and these tasks are classical red flags: auditory processing dysfunction, can’t perform a jumping jack, doesn’t hold paper still when trying to write, eyes don’t move smoothing when tracking a target, or not able to tie shoes.

BODY IMAGE: A person's perception of his own body. It consists of sensory images or "maps" of the body stored in the brain. May also be called body scheme or body perception. Having a person draw a picture of them self can be an enlightening phase of what sensory channels they perceive and which ones they struggle with.

BRAIN STEM: The lowest and innermost portion of the brain. The brain stem contains centers that regulate internal organic functions, arousal of the nervous system as a whole, and elementary sensory-motor processing.




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