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Normal Development Of Functional Motor Skills: The First Year Of Life
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-developement specialists - Rona Alexander, Ph.D., CCC-SP; Regi Boehme, OTR; Barbara Cupps, PT - discuss the process of development during the first year of life. The text follows the development of the typical infant from newborn to age 12 months in these vital areas: (1) postural control, (2) gross motor skills, (3) fine motor skills, (4) oral-motor and respiratory functions, and (5) speech and language. Included with each chapter is a summary chart and list of reference materials.
First published January 1, 1900
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May 31, 2019
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.
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.
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