Infant Motor Development by Jan Piek
A reference for specialists in motor development, motor behavior, early childhood, and rehabilitation; a textbook for undergraduate and graduate motor development courses.
Infant Motor Development
Summary
Describes motor development during the first two years of a child's life, focusing mainly on the first year, during which the greatest changes occur in relation to the entire life span. This text is useful for students studying motor development and motor behaviour, and also for motor development, motor behaviour, and early childhood specialists.
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About Jan Piek
Jan P. Piek, PhD, is an associate professor at the Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia. Her major areas of research are motor control and motor development. Since 1992, she has received three research fellowships to conduct work in motor control.
Piek has published extensively in journals in Australia and internationally. She contributed a chapter to D.J. Glencross and J.P. Piek's Motor Control and Sensory-Motor Integration: Issues and Directions (Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 1995). She is also the editor of Motor Behavior and Human Skill (Champaign: Human Kinetics, 1998).
Piek has coordinated the Motor Control & Human Skill Research Workshops since the program's inception in 1991. She is a member of the School of Psychology at Curtin University of Technology, where she also manages the Research Centre for Applied Psychology. She received the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence from Curtin University of Technology in 1996. Her most recent fellowship is the Curtin University postdoctoral research fellowship, from 1997 to 2000.
She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and the International Society for Infant Studies and an editorial board member of Infant Behavior and Development. She earned her PhD from the University of Western Australia.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Credits
Part I: Foundations of Infant Motor Development
Chapter 1. Early Movement Capabilities
-Prenatal Period
-Sensory Capabilities in the Newborn
-Motor Development in Infancy
-Summary
Chapter 2. Theoretical Approaches to Motor Development
-Historical Overview of Theoretical Approaches
-Maturational Perspective
-Cognitive Approaches
-Prescriptive Approaches
-Ecological/Natural Systems Approach
-Summary
Chapter 3. Motor Control and the Brain: Motor Development and Neural Plasticity
-Neurophysiology of Movement
-Brain Development and Neural Plasticity
-Function of Central Nervous System in Motor Development
-Summary
Part II: The Development of Voluntary Movement Control
Chapter 4. Postural Control: Development of Stability, Balance, and Orientation
-Definition and Description of Postural Control
-Developmental Transitions in Balance Control
-Influences on the Development of Postural Control
-Summary
Chapter 5. Manual Control: Development of Reaching and Definitions and Descriptions of Prehension
-Reaching in the First Few Months
-Development of Successful Reaching
-Development of Grasping
-Bimanual Reaching and Grasping
-Tool Use
-Manual Asymmetries in Infancy
-Summary
Chapter 6. Locomotion: Development of Creeping and Walking
-Locomotor Milestones
-Prescriptive Views of Locomotor Development
-Locomotor Development From a Perspective of Dynamic Systems
-Leg Asymmetries in Infancy
-Summary
Part III: Assessment of Motor Ability In Infants
Chapter 7. Appropriate Choice of Motor Assessment Test
-Importance of Motor Assessment
-Criterion- and Norm-Referenced Assessments
-Components of Good Assessment Tools
-Special Issues of Infant Testing
-Summary
Chapter 8. Neurobehavioral Motor Assessment and Other Tests
-Apgar Assessment
-Neonatal Neurological Examination
-Neonatal Neurobehavioral Assessment
-Qualitative Assessment of General Movements in Infants
-Evaluation of Neonatal Examinations
-Summary
Chapter 9. Diagnostic Motor Assessment and Screening Tests
-Norm-Referenced Developmental Diagnostic Tests
-Usefulness of Norm-Referenced Tests
-Criterion-Referenced Developmental Diagnostic Tests
-Screening Instruments
-Recent Technological Advances in Diagnostic Assessment
-Summary
Part IV: Motor Control and Developmental Disorders
Chapter 10. Motor Development in Preterm Infants
-Premature Birth
-Causes of Premature Birth and Low Birth Weight
-Immediate Problems
-Long-Term Outcome
-Motor Development in the First Few Months
-Intervention Approaches for the High-Risk Preterm Infant
-Summary
Chapter 11. Cerebral Palsy
-Definition of Cerebral Palsy
-Occurrence of Cerebral Palsy
-Categories of Cerebral Palsy
-Etiology of Cerebral Palsy
-Cerebral Palsy Registers
-Identifying Cerebral Palsy in the Early Years
-Orthopedic Approaches to Intervention
-Early Intervention Approaches
-Summary
Chapter 12. Down Syndrome
-Definition of Down Syndrome
-Characteristics of Individuals With Down Syndrome
-Motor Development in Down Syndrome
-Intervention Approaches
-Summary
Glossary
References
Subject Index
About the Author
Additional information
CIN073600226XG
9780736002264
073600226X
Infant Motor Development by Jan Piek
Used - Good
Hardback
Human Kinetics Publishers
20051222
344
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