Basically, she likes to have fun doing stuff. Cramp too much structured lessons if her life, you will soon kill the interest. Let the children develop what they like for the next few years, then you can send them for enrichment classes (or skills upgrading).


In short, let children be children. When the schools, they will be dying for a break.

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Hi Vanessa,


My son is 14mth, has all the head jerking movements. He was diagnosed to have OMA by PD in KK hospital. We brought him to eye specialist in who confirmed this condition.

Development-wise
Motor skills are delayed due to low muscle tone (might be related or hereditary)
He is starting to learn to walk.
We brought him for physiotherapy and occupational therapy to help him

Mental development is ok, just that we will not know the full range of learning difficulties he might encounter as he grow older. My wife and I are talking to people with OMA children on FB so as we can learn to cope with this syndrome.

You can drop me an email or PM so as we can talk in length

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Hi all,


Just to ask whether anyone of you have experience dealing with children (or you are one yourself) with Ocular Motor Apraxia.
I have a 1 year old boy with this congenital syndrome.

Below is the definition from the Net.

What is Ocular Motor Apraxia?

‘Fast’ eye movements are called saccades. We use saccade eye movements to quickly change the direction that our eyes are looking. This helps us look at something that has suddenly moved near to us. This is so the eyes can focus sharply on an object. The eyes can then give clear signals to the brain to make clear vision. It also helps us quickly move our eyes across a page of writing while reading. Saccades are important in many other visual tasks. Ocular Motor Apraxia is a condition where a child has a breakdown (failure) in starting (initiating) fast eye movements.

Ocular Motor Apraxia has many different names. It is sometimes called Cogan’s Ocular Motor Apraxia or Saccadic Initiation Failure (SIF). SIF is a useful name to help explain what the condition mainly is: a breakdown (failure) in starting (initiating) fast eye movements (saccades).

What is the cause of Ocular Motor Apraxia?

Many different parts of the brain control eye movements. If any part becomes damaged then ocular motor apraxia may develop.

A child may be born with these special eye movement control bits not working (congenital). Other children may develop it in childhood (acquired). There are many different reasons why a child might develop Ocular Motor Apraxia in childhood.

It is often not the only condition that the child may have. Children may also have:

Learning difficulties
Delayed language development
Delayed sitting and walking skills
Delay in toilet training
Very often no cause can be found. Doctors call this idiopathic.

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Besides, what would women do without us