FREQUENCY: The repetition of multi-sensory input of material or information through different activities.

INTENSITY: Includes the high quality of participation and active involvement of the students.

DURATION: The consistent amount of time spent in a program of at least 80 hours to produce a change in the body and brain.

The Boost Up Program focuses on the base of the pyramid

THE PYRAMID EXPLAINED

• BALANCE: Physical equilibrium; the ability to maintain an upright position without falling over; (examples: sit without support 6-7 months, stand without support 10-14 months, balance on one foot briefly 2 years, hop on one foot 3 years, skipping 4-5 years.)
  
  
• GROSS MOTOR: Large muscle movements; (examples: rolling over 4-5 months, crawling and creeping 5-10 months, sitting 6-7 months, pull to standing 9-10 months, walking independently 12-14 months, run 18-24 months, pedal tricycle 3 years, walk up and down stairs alternate feet 3.5-4 years, ride two-wheel bike without training wheels 6-7 years.)
  
  
• FINE MOTOR: Small muscle movement; (examples: transfer of objects from one hand to another 3-5 months, grasps objects 4-8 months, pincer grasp 10-12 months, throws objects to floor 12-15 months, scribbles 18-24 months, copies circle 3 years, buttons clothes 3.5 years, catches a ball 4-5 years)
  
  
• BILATERAL COORDINATION: The ability to be aware of and use both sides of the body separately and simultaneously. This is a basic visual-spatial skill necessary for normal interaction with the environment. Visual-spatial skills are important for the development of good balance, gross motor coordination, and directional sense.
  
  
• VISUAL ACUITY: Acuteness or clearness of vision clinically measured with a Snellen or other visual acuity chart (20/40 = what a person with normal visual acuity sees at 40 feet you can only see at a 20 foot distance) Visual acuity is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus, the sensitivity of the nervous system, and the interpretative faculties of the brain.
  
  
• EYE MOVEMENTS: Tracking; voluntary or induced movements of the eyes. Four types 1. Gross pursuits-smooth eye movements used to follow a moving target. 2. Fine Pursuits-mazes, smooth eye movements used to follow a printed line target. 3. Gross Saccades-abrupt voluntary shift in fixation, movement of the eyes from one large target to another like from desk to chalkboard. 4. Fine Saccades-abrupt voluntary shift in fixation, shifting the eyes along a line of print in a book with a rapid and accurate return to the next line.
  
  
• EYE TEAMING: Binocular vision; the use of both eyes simultaneously to accurately interpret what is seen (fusion - the two eyes see only one image; lateral and vertical posture - no abnormal deviation in , out, up or down; stereo vision - being able to use both eyes together to see in 3-D)
  
  
• ACCOMMODATION: Focusing; amplitude - being able to maintain a clear image at the normal reading distance; facility - rapid and accurate shifts with instantaneous clarity from one distance to another, in the classroom looking from their desk to the chalkboard.
  
  
• LATERALITY AND DIRECTIONALITY: Internal and external spatial concepts, such as left, right, up, and down; laterality - being aware of what is left, right, up, and down on yourself, establishing internal coordinates; directionality - being able to project this set of internal coordinates into space, confusion with directionality may result in reversals of forms, letters or numbers.
  
  
• VISUAL-ANALYSIS SKILLS: Visual perceptual skills - these skills are used for recognition, recall and manipulation of visual information. (form perception, visual-attention to detail, visual-memory)
  
  
• VISUAL MOTOR INTEGRATION: The ability to integrate vision with the motor system.
  
  
• AUDITORY VISUAL INTEGRATION: The ability to integrate vision with the auditory system.

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