Week 1 Notes: Chapters 6 and 7

Question 1

the natural process of acquiring skills ranging from simple to complex is called?

Answer 1

Typical development:

Question 2

rate of skill acquisition can vary due to _____ and _____.

Answer 2

Context and environment

Question 3

What FOR?
•Development is gradual and occurs over time and between skills.
•Population: Down Syndrome, Intellectual disability, Failure to Thrive, Cerebral Palsy, Autism

Answer 3

Developmental FOR

Question 4

What FOR?
•Study of internal and external forces and how those forces effect movement. Work to improve stability and strength, and ROM
•Population: Children with cardiac concerns, Brachial plexus, Cerebral Palsy, Juvenile RA, Down Syndrome

Answer 4

Biomechanical FOR

Question 5

What FOR?
•Neurological process that organizes sensation from one’s own body and from the environment and makes it possible to use the body effectively within the environment & organizing sensation for practical use.
•Population: Sensory Processing DO, Developmental coordination disorder, Sensory modulation disorder, Sensory Based Motor DO, Sensory Defensiveness, ASD

Answer 5

Sensory Integration FOR

Question 6

What FOR?
•Focuses on quality of movement patterns. Inhibit abnormal reflexes through handling. Facilitate higher postural control reactions such as equilibrium and righting. Facilitate missing components of normal movement patterns. Developmental sequence must be followed in order. All to develop normal quality of movement.
•Population: Cerebral Palsy, TBI

Answer 6

NDT FOR

Question 7

Normal/Typical=

Answer 7

occurs habitually or naturally

Question 8

Development=

Answer 8

the act or process of maturing or acquiring skills ranging from simple to more complex

Question 9

Growth=

How can you tell if therapy is helping child along with natural growth?

Answer 9

the maturation of a person

stop the therapy and see if they continue

Question 10

name the Periods of Development? (6)

define them:

Answer 10

Gestation and Birth 
Infancy
Early Childhood
Middle Childhood
Adolescence
Young Adulthood

Intervals of time during which a child increases in size and acquires specific skills

Question 11

Principles of Development?

Answer 11

Development is…

• Sequential & Predictable
• Occurs in two directions: horizontal and vertical
• Occurs in three basic sequences
  1. Cephalao to Caudal
  2. Proximal to Distal
  3. Gross to Fine Motor

Question 12

______period

• During Conception to Birth
• Developing fetus undergoes many rapid changes from fertilized egg to zygote to fetus to birth
• Rapid Systemic Growth

Answer 12

Prenatal period

Question 13

Begins at conception and ends at birth (Typically 40 weeks)

Answer 13

Gestation and Birth

Question 14

what is adjusted age (A.A)?
how to calculate?
when do you stop using it?

Answer 14

-based on your baby's due date
\_\_\_\_weeks old (-minus) \_\_\_\_  weeks early=AA

2 years stop using it

Question 15

The progression of coordinated movements (in order):

Answer 15

o Extension
o Flexion
o Lateral Flexion
o Rotation

Question 16

• Automatic movements (controlled at lower levels of the CNS) that are usually stimulated by sensory factors and performed without conscious volition.

Answer 16

Primitive reflexes

Question 17

period from birth through 18 months of age

Answer 17

infancy

Question 18

period from 18 months to 5 years

Answer 18

early childhood

Question 19

period from 6 years until onset of puberty

Answer 19

middle childhood

Question 20

from puberty until the onset of adulthood (usually 21)

Answer 20

adolescence