ABSTRACT

The progression in neurological re-education follows the ontogenetic developmental stages in normal neurological growth. Thus in developing mobility at the cerebral dominance level the child progresses from random movements of arms and legs to crawling homolaterally (ipsilateral movement of arm and leg), cross-pattern crawling (contralateral movement of arm and leg), homolateral creeping, cross-pattern creeping, cross-pattern walking, running, and use of dominant leg in kicking and balancing. The form of remedial treatment will again depend upon which neural links, or sense modalities, are strong. It will be through using these that compensation for or correction of visual weaknesses will be achieved. Certainly, substantial reading progress is impossible until the visual problems have been resolved or ameliorated. The use of an auditory-kinaesthetic-tactile method will reveal which of the three sensory modalities are functioning more or less normally.