Bilateral Coordination

Using both sides of the body together in coordinated movements and crossing the body's midline.

Examples & Achievements

• Holds paper with one hand while cutting with the other
• Catches a ball with both hands together
• Pedals a bicycle or tricycle smoothly
• Reaches across midline to pick up objects on the opposite side
• Claps a rhythm pattern

How to Measure

• Successfully stabilizes paper while cutting (observed)
• Crosses midline spontaneously during reaching tasks (no trunk rotation)
• BOT-2 Bilateral Coordination subtest