Normal Development of Functional Motor Skills - Softcover

Alexander, Rona; Cupps, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761641874 ISBN 13: 9780761641872

Publisher: Pearson Education Limited, 1995

Synopsis

How do babies learn to do that? No two babies are the same. Each is a unique individual; each has a personal inventory of abilities and achievements. In this comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated resource, three renowned child-development specialists--Rona Alexander, Ph.D., CCC-SP, Regi Boehme, OTR, and Barbara Cupps, PT--discuss the process of development during the first year of life. Included with each chapter is a summary chart and list of reference materials.FORMER PSYCHOLOGICAL CORPORATION 076-1641-874The text follows the development of the typical infant from newborn to age 12 months in these vital* Postural control* Gross motor skills* Fine motor skills* Oral-motor and respiratory functions* Speech and language

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Synopsis

This work focuses on the normal development of infants from birth to 12 months and is designed to assess functional motor levels in children. The first year of life is grouped into five development stages of 1 to 2 months, 3 to 5 months, 6 months, 7 to 9 months and 10 to 12 months. Included are researched references and a summary chart for quick referral at the end of each developmental stage. Each developmental stage includes an overview of these categories: anatomical/structural; oral-motor/feeding; respiratory/photatory; postural control; gross motor; fine motor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761641874
• ISBN 13: 9780761641872
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 243