Motor Assessment of the Developing Infant - Couverture rigide

Piper, Martha C.; Darrah, Johanna

 
9780721643076: Motor Assessment of the Developing Infant

Synopsis

Presents theories of infant motor development and discusses the unique challenges involved in the assessment of the motor skills of developing infants as compared to that of adults. Provides step-by-step instruction for using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS)--a new scale that measures infant motor development. Features a review of the major theories of motor development, line drawings and photographs of each movement skill, and a percentile graph enabling the user to plot and infant's score and derive a visual estimate of his/her percentile ranking.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Findings supporting the benefit of early treatment of central nervous dysfunction have made the assessment of motor control problems of infants essential. This new book presents current theories of infant motor development and discusses the unique challenges involved in the assessment of the motor skills of developing infants as compared to that of adults. Provides step-by-step instruction for using the Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) - a new scale that measures infant motor development.

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