Main description:

The book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of assessments and interventions applied in young children with, or at high risk, for developmental motor disorders. It provides an evidence-based practical guide for health professionals working in the field of early detection and early intervention (e.g., paediatricians and paediatric physiotherapists). Parts I & II provide an overview of the clinical picture of early detection and early intervention and the neurodevelopmental mechanisms occurring in early life are discussed, including vulnerability and plasticity. In Parts III & IV basic principles and features governing typical and atypical motor development are explained, covering not only motor development but also sensory and cognitive development. Part V summarises the methods available for assessments, including information on technical details of the tools and psychometric properties. Finally, Part VI discusses early intervention, including evidence on effectiveness, together with the application of equipment in young children with developmental motor disorders. Special attention is paid to the family and environmental adaptations.

Contents:

Author Appointments vii

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Video Captions xiii

Part 1: Introduction 1

1 Introduction 3
Mijna Hadders-Algra

2 Early Diagnosis and Early Intervention in the Clinic 9
Leena Haataji

Part 2: Developmental Neurology 23

3 Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms in Early Life 25
Mijna Hadders-Algra

Part 3: Typical Motor Development 39

4 Sensory, Language, Cognitive and Socio-Economic Development 41
Hayley C Leonard

5 Motor Development During Foetal Life and Early Infancy 58
Mijna Hadders-Algra

6 Motor Development Between 3 Months and 2 Years 70
Mijna Hadders-Algra

Part 4: Atypical Motor Development 97

7 Atypical Motor Development of the Foetus and Young Infant 89
Mijna Hadders-Algra

8 Atypical Motor Development Between 3 Months and 2 Years 99
Mijna Hadders-Algra and Lindsay Pennington

Part 5: Diagnostics: Assessment of Neuromotor Conditions In Early Childhood 113

9 Psychometric Properties of Standardized Tests 115
Barbara Sargent

10 Assessments in the Neonatal Period and Early Infancy 124
Alicia Jane Spittle and Mijna Hadders-Algra

11 Assessment of Infants and Toddlers 144
Annette Majnemer, Laurie Snider and Mijna Hadders-Algra

Part 6: Early Intervention 171

12 Early Intervention: What About the Family? 173
Peter Rosenbaum, Monika Novak-Pavlic, Schirin Akhbari Ziegler and Mijna Hadders-Algra

13 Early Intervention in the Neonatal Period 185
Mijna Hadders-Algra

14 Early Intervention in the First 2 Years Post-Term 198
Mijna Hadders-Algra

15 Environmental Adaptations 228
Gunilla Thunberg, Roslyn Livingstone, Margaret Buchholz and Debra Field

16 Concluding Remarks 242
Mijna Hadders-Algra

Index 247