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Direct linkFaugno, Rebecca S. – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2020
Pediatric developmental assessments from the early 1900s are different from those used more often today. Certain present-day pediatric expectations of fine motor skills, specifically those of pre-writing strokes, appear more advanced when compared to those of the past. In the mid-20th century, child developmentalists described the sequences in…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Expectation, Child Development, Occupational Therapy
Kennedy, Eileen; Majnemer, Annette; Farmer, Jean-Pierre; Barr, Ronald G.; Platt, Robert W. – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2009
Concurrent with recommendations to place infants to sleep in supine, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of infants with positional plagiocephaly (PP). Recent evidence suggests that infants who have decreased exposure to prone position may have a higher incidence of PP and may be at risk for a delay in the acquisition of certain motor…
Descriptors: Infants, Foreign Countries, Motor Development, Human Body
Salem, Yasser; Gropack, Stacy Jaffee – Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 2010
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by degeneration of alpha motor neurons. This case report describes an aquatic therapy program and the outcomes for a 3-year-old girl with type III SMA. Motor skills were examined using the 88-item Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM), the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales…
Descriptors: Intervention, Physical Activities, Therapy, Motor Development
Tieman, Beth L.; Palisano, Robert J.; Sutlive, Ann C. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2005
The process of identification of children with delays or disorders in motor development includes developmental screening, examination, and reexamination. Throughout this process, various types of measures are used, including discriminative and evaluative measures. Discriminative and evaluative measures of motor development and function that are…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Motor Development, Identification, Screening Tests
Wang, Joanne Hui-Tzu – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2004
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a creative movement program on gross motor skills of preschool children. Sixty children between the ages of 3 to 5 were drawn from the population of a preschool in Taichung, Taiwan. An experimental pretest-posttest control-group design was utilized. The children enrolled in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Object Manipulation, Play, Preschool Children
