Infant motor development
Text is organized into four parts covering theory, research, assessment, and intervention. It integrates information from a variety of disciplines to encourage a broad understanding of infant motor development. Topics include the development of voluntary movements such as posture, stability, balance...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Champaign, IL
Human Kinetics
2006
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| Summary: | Text is organized into four parts covering theory, research, assessment, and intervention. It integrates information from a variety of disciplines to encourage a broad understanding of infant motor development. Topics include the development of voluntary movements such as posture, stability, balance, and orientation; manual control of reaching and grasping; locomotor control of creeping and walking; the unique difficulties faced by premature infants; and an examination of two disabilities with devastating consequences to motor control: cerebral palsy and Down syndrome |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 323 pages illustrations 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780736002264 073600226X (hardcover) |