Performance Skills Flashcards
Neuromaturational Theory-
Skills develop in a linear progression which is consistent across children. Skills emerge according to the maturation of the CNS
What are the 3 main priciples of neuromaturational theory?
Movement follows a progression
Sequence and rate of motor development
Low level skills are prerequisites
What are the issues with Neuromaturational Theory
It says we have to do A before B. Some kids walk without crawling. it’s not always linear and we can skip steps.
Dynamic Systems Theory
“Performance or action patterns that emerge from the interaction and cooperation of many systems, both internal and external to the child”.
Movement is not just about the act of moving.
What else comes into play with dynamic systems theory?
Takes into account the learning (the brain) but also the influence of the body and environmental variables.
Motor behavior
Internal and External variables.
Environmental constraints and Task constraints
What are the internal variables in dynamic systems theory
fatigue, focus, how the baby feels
What are the external factors in dynamic systems theory?
parents support and encouragement
Social-Emotional Development
The modulation of emotional reactions
related to temperment
self-regulation comes from socialization with primary caregivers
Temperament
stable traits that influence how an individual processes and reacts to the environment.
What are the 9 areas of temperament
activity level
don’t need to memorize
Occupational Perspective of Health (OPH)
framework for guiding development there are four parts
Doing
Being
Becoming
Belonging
Being
adoptions of roles
Allow the child to discover “who am I?”
Becoming
development and transformation into an occupational being. Participating in new experiences, opportunities and challenges. includes self-selected occupations. Now they have a say in what their life looks like.
Belonging
Active engagement in occupations. participating in social, cultural and educational inclusion.
Bio-ecological Model of Development
Looks at the layers of occupational development
Layer 1 - individual child
Layer 2 - caregivers
Layer3 - family context
Layer 4 - community
Layer 5 - geopolitical contexts
What does layer 5 include
occupational justice, legislation, how does that impact the child and their family and their education.
Attachment
A bond that developes between the infant and the caregiver over the first year.
Co-occupations
The performance of occupation “in a mutually responsive, interconnected manner that requires aspects of shared physicality, shared emotionality and shared intentionality” (Davel-Pickens & Pizur-Barnekow, 2009, as cited in O’Brien & Kuhaneck, 2020)
A new born baby can’t do occupations alone what term was developed around this notion
co-occupations
What developmental idea was challenged during covid
Attachments and coocupations
performance skills 0-3 months. Gross/Fine Motor
Newborn- reflex driven
1-2 months movements become more rhythmical
Supine- asymetrical position. limbs aren’t working together
Prone- cheeck to the side.
Sitting- rounded posture with support
How many months until babies respond to visual stimuli
2 months
performance skills 0-3
Sensory
Calms when picked up
sense of touch
most movement is reflexive
vision becomes increasingly better by the third month