Motor Skills Acquisition Checklist

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Bly, Lois

Psychology & Counseling

Therapy Skill Builders

This is a great book for pre-k to first grade teachers. Super ideas. Mint condition.

The Book of Pattern Reading, Writing & Singing Activities (The Animated-Literacy Approach)

Reference

Stone,Jim

Words, Language & Grammar

Treating memory impairments: A memory book and other strategies

Help adolescents and adults with memory impairments increase their independence by means of internal and external memory-enhancing strategies with this step-by-step program. Reproducible book pages increase carryover of memory strategies when sent home with a client. They include: memory book pages training worksheets environmental cue stickers informative handouts for clients, family members, teachers, and employersTreating Memory Impairments also discusses the medical disorders that cause memory impairments, and describes the brain and memory and how they relate.

Treating Memory Impairments: A Memory Book and Other Strategies

Dohrmann, Vicki S.

This 286-page manual no doubt will become a standard reference for health care and educational professionals involved in the care of infants and children with feeding and swallowing problems. The Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS), although one component of a comprehensive feeding and swallowing evaluation, is the gold standard for instrumental assessment. The book is the first in-depth description of this specialized study that focuses directly on pediatric patients with dysphagia. Authors Dr. Joan C. Arvedson and Dr. Maureen A. Lefton-Grief are speech-language pathologists with extensive experience in pediatric dysphagia. They set the procedural guidelines into a broad context of clinic assessment and decision making for management, while stressing the importance of a team approach for the comprehensive care of patients who are at risk for respiratory problems, malnutrition, long-standing developmental concerns, and stressful child-caregiver interactions. The text begins with a review of instrumental assessment procedures and an overview of anatomy, physiology, and development of deglutition. The primary focus is the VFSS procedure, including: 
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indications for the procedure and determinants of patient readiness, 
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technical aspects of completing a VFSS, 
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interpretation of radiologic findings, and 
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management of dysphagia based upon VFSS and clinical findings. Case examples illustrate the VFSS process. Samples of documentation forms for recording VFSS results and summarizing management information are provided. The Caregiver Guidelines include handouts to educate caregivers about the process of deglutition in simple terms, provide a permanent record that reinforces technical information, and reassure caregivers that others have shared similar problems.

Pediatric Videofluoroscopic Swallow Studies: A Professional Manual With Caregiver Guidelines

Medical Books

Arvedson, Joan C.

Lefton-Greif, Maureen A.

Allied Health Professions

By Mary Benbow - Loops and Other GRoups : A Kinesthetic Writing Level 2 Bo (1905-06-27) [Paperback] [Pape

Loops and Other GRoups : A Kinesthetic Writing System: Level 2 Booklet

Mary Benbow

Sensory Motor Integration Activities

Fink, Ba

How do babies learn to do that? No two babies are the same. Each is a unique individual; each has a personal inventory of abilities and achievements. In this comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated resource, three renowned child-development specialists--Rona Alexander, Ph.D., CCC-SP, Regi Boehme, OTR, and Barbara Cupps, PT--discuss the process of development during the first year of life. Included with each chapter is a summary chart and list of reference materials. FORMER PSYCHOLOGICAL CORPORATION ISBN: 076-1641-874 The text follows the development of the typical infant from newborn to age 12 months in these vital areas: * Postural control * Gross motor skills * Fine motor skills * Oral-motor and respiratory functions * Speech and language

Normal Development of Functional Motor Skills: The First Year of Life

Alexander, Rona

Boehme, Regi

Cupps, Barbara

Exercise & Fitness

Author Regi Boehme, a certified occupational therapy instructor in neuro-developmental treatment (NDT), offers practical treatment ideas in this revised edition of her workshop manual. The material in this 52-page book is designed to support the clinician working with babies during the first year of life who have suspected or confirmed neurological problems. This easy-to-use reference tool gives the therapist a detailed look at the treatment of babies, with a focus on the child with cerebral palsy. The text also presents the development of basic postural function; that is, the ability to move through gravity and explore the world. The NDT approach is included in the illustrated treatment rationale of this manual. This hands-on resource includes 
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principles of NDT 
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early warning signs 
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comparison of normal and abnormal movement components 
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a description of grading touch In her insightful introduction, Ms. Boehme offers clinician-readers sound suggestions such as: 
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Know the process of normal development to be able to identify where the baby is blocked in development and what is interfering with his or her ability to control posture and movement. 
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Grade your sensory input; as light input used with patience and sensitivity will be more effective. 
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Understand that the parents are in crisis; the challenge is to help the parents reach a level of acceptance of their baby. Also included in the book is a glossary of terms. Clear line drawings and descriptions help the therapist give the type of sensory motor input consistent with normal development.

Approach to Treatment of the Baby

Regi Boehme, a noted instructor of Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT), offers practical treatment ideas in this 55-page revised edition of her workshop manual. This valuable, easy-to-use reference tool gives therapists an understandable overview of basic problems of low tone. The material is designed to support the clinician in assessment and treatment of children who exhibit insufficient muscle tone to sustain postural control against gravity. Postural control and functional movement are focal points of NDT, a therapeutic approach developed in 1942 for the management of cerebral palsy by physiotherapist Berta Bobath and physician Karl Bobath. Since this material is based on the work of the Bobaths, a review of the principles of NDT is in order. This text also offers suggestions to improve postural control, movement, and function when hypotonicity is a presenting problem. The NDT approach is included in the illustrated treatment rationale. Clear line drawings and descriptions will help clinicians understand conditions and treatment techniques. This hands-on resource includes: 
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early diagnostic signs 
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quality of postural tone and its impact on movement 
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principles of NDT and its relationship to hypotonicity 
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effective sensory-motor input 
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suggestions for carryover care at home

The Hypotonic Child: Treatment for Postural Control, Endurance, Strength, and Sensory Organization

Positioning for play: Home activities for parents of young children

This helpful, time-saving resource is a collection of reproducible activities for early intervention professionals to give to parents of children who have developmental delays and range in age from birth to three years. The book's purpose is to help the early intervention professional teach parents ways to hold and play with their children while providing opportunities for developing motor skills and stimulation. 
Movement and play provide the foundation for development of motor, sensory, perceptual, cognitive, language, and social skills in infants and youngsters. But for youngsters with physical or other developmental delays, these experiences are compromised and these children must rely on adults to help open the door to play and movement stimulation. This means that the parents and the professionals- physical- and occupational therapists, early childhood educators, and pediatric nurses-need to work as a team to make opportunities for movement and play possible. 
Activities in this manual are grouped into ten sections, according to the developmental skill position being covered. Each section begins with an introduction that explains the developmental skill position and why this skill is important to the child's development. The introductions are written in non-technical language to help increase the parents' understanding of the developmental skill. The early intervention professional can select which activity is appropriate, based on the child's skill level and relevance to the family's needs. 
The activity sheets are designed to demonstrate ways parents can hold and play with their child using household items-no fancy equipment-while encouraging proper body mechanics for the parent. The activity also includes brief explanations of the skills being developed. There is space at the bottom of each sheet for writing more suggestions to individualize the activity. Space has been provided on the back of each activity sheet to add notes or special recommendations.

Positioning for Play: Home Activities for Parents of Young Children

Diamant, Rachel B.

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