Motor Assessment of the Developing InfantPresents 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. |
Contents
MOTOR ASSESSMENT OF THE DEVELOPING INFANT | 15 |
ADMINISTRATION GUIDELINES | 36 |
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Motor Assessment of the Developing Infant Martha Piper,Martha Piper, PT, PhD,Johanna Darrah No preview available - 2021 |
Common terms and phrases
100 Infants 18 Age months 18 months abducted and externally age group Antigravity Movement Weight arm support assessor at-risk infants Bearing Posture Antigravity cerebral cortex cerebral palsy clinical components concurrent validity Credited 90 developing infant Edmonton evaluate examiner externally rotated flexion four-point kneeling gross motor head in midline health units identify infant assessment Infant Development infant motor development intervention legs lordosis Lumbar measures ment motor abilities motor behavior motor delays motor maturation motor performance motor skills move multidimensional scaling neurological neuromaturational model normative data normative sample observed occupational therapists pass this item patterns of movement Peabody pediatric pelvis percentile ranking physical and occupational physical therapy Posture Antigravity Movement predictive primitive reflexes prone raw scores receive credit score sheet sequence shoulders sitting position specific subscale supine position testing theory of motor tion total AIMS score treatment trunk rotation Weight Bearing Posture Weight on feet weight shift
References to this book
Biobehavioral Assessment of the Infant Lynn T. Singer,Philip Sanford Zeskind No preview available - 2001 |