Normal Development of Functional Motor Skills: The First Year of Life

by Rona Alexander, Regi Boehme, Barbara Cupps

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.

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The 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

243 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

Reviews

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dense but essential reading for a pediatric physical therapist. This text pushes beyond a chart of developmental stages and helps one grasp gross motor quality. It also helps establish a language for describing gross motor development.

All that said, this is not casual reading for a person interested in learning a bit more about gross motor development. Unless one has a solid grasp on kinesiology, this book will be more confusing than enlightening.