Sense of Movement and Balance

Child Development

Children and young people develop skills in their own time but tend to follow the same path. Explore the child development timeline or the interactive questionnaires for more information.

Life Skills

For children and young people Life Skills means being able to take part in Self Care, Play and Education. You can find general hints and tips to teach children and young people new life skills. There are also sections on Sleep and Listening, Understanding, Talking and Interacting.

Sense of Movement and Balance

Child's first name

Child's date of birth

Was your child born prematurely?

No. of weeks

Your sense of movement and balance is known as your vestibular sense. The nerves that control your vestibular system are located in your inner ear and tell your brain what direction you are moving in, whether your head is up, down or turned to the side, and helps your body stay upright against gravity. Some children can be very sensitive to movement because for them a little bit of movement feels very big and scary. Other children don't register movement as well as others and so they tend to seek out movement all the time! If you think your child moves too much or too little complete this questionnaire and use the strategies to help them develop their sense of movement.