TY - BOOK AU - Piper,Martha C. AU - Darrah,Johanna TI - Motor assessment of the developing infant SN - 0721643078 AV - RJ134.P57 1994 U1 - 155.42/223 20 PY - 1994/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Saunders KW - Infants KW - Development KW - Motor Skills KW - in infancy & childhood KW - Child Development KW - Motor ability N1 - includes bibliographical references and index; Theories of motor development Motor assessment of the developing infant Alberta Infant Motor Scale: construction of a motor assessment tool for the developing infant Administration guidelines Prone subscale Supine subscale Sit subscale Stand subscale Clinical uses of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale Psychometric properties of the aims / Lynn Redfern and Thomas O. Maguire Norm-referencing of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale Appendices : I. Percentile ranks: AIMS score ; II. Percentile ranks by age grouping ; III. Normative data ; IV. Percentile ranks N2 - Findings supporting the benefit of early treatment of central nervous dysfunction have made the assessment of motor control problems of infants essential. This title presents theories of infant motor development and discusses the unique challenges involved in the assessment of the motor skills of developing infants as compared to that of adults ER -