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What is normal gestational period?
38-42 wks
Neonatal period
1st 4 weeks of life
-Tactile, proprioception, and vestibular key for development
-vestib fully developed at birth but key for neonate organization
Neonate - vision
responds to faces and high contrast items 10" from face
In the 1st 6 months, postural control facilitates development of what sensory system?
Visual development
Infant movements progress from ______ to _____
Infant movements progress from REFLEXIVE to VOLUNTARY and GOAL DIRECTED
Crossing midline depends on sensory development of what systems?
Tactile and proprioception
What are primitive reflexes and when do they integrate?
Primitive reflexes are present at/just following birth. Integrate within the 1st yr
What reflexes emerge in the 3rd trimester?

(Important for working with premature infants)
28 wks:
1. Rooting
2. suck-swallow
3. traction
4. Moro
5.Plantar

32 wks:
Galant

37 wks:
1. ATNR,
2. palmar grasp,
3. tonic labyrinthine
Persistence or re-emergence of primitive reflexes are indicative of what?
Reflexes that do not integrate appropriately may indicate CNS dysfunction
Rooting reflex
Onset: 28 wks gestation
Integrates: 3 mos
Stroke upper corner of mouth or upper/lower lip and baby will move tongue or head toward stimulus
-Allows location of feeding source
Suck-swallow reflex
onset: 28 wks gestation
integration: 2-5 mos
-Place finger inside mouth with infant's head at midline. should respond with strong rhythmical suck
-Allows ingestion of food
Traction reflex
Onset: 28 wks gestation
Integration: 2-5 months

Grasp forearms and pull to sit. Infant should completely flex UE's.

Enhances reflexive grasp
Moro reflex
Onset at 28 wks gestation
integrates at 4-6 months

rapidly drop infant's head backward. Response in 2 phases: 1) arms extend/abduct with hands open. 2) Arms flex and adduct

Helps break up dominant flexor posture. Protective response.
Plantar grasp reflex
Onset at 28 wks
integrates at 9 mos

Pressure to ball of infants foot results in toe flexion

Increases tactile input to sole of foot
Galant reflex
onset at 32 wks gestation
integration at 2 months

Infant placed in prone suspension; tap along spine from shoulders to buttocks. Infant should demo lateral trunk flexion on stimulated side

Facilitates lateral trunk movements necessary for trunk stabilization
Asymmetric tonic neck reflex (ATNR)
onset at 37 wks gestation
integrates at 4-6 mos

fully rotate infant's head and hold for 5 sec. Infant will extend extremities on face side and flex on skull side (fencer)

Promotes visual hand regard
Palmar grasp reflex
onset at 37 wks gestation
integration at 4-6 mos

place finger in infants palm, infant grasps

increases tactile input to palm
Tonic labyrinthine reflex (supine, prone and head righting variations)
onset at >37 wks gestation
integration of supine and prone at 6 months. Head righting persists.

Place infant in supine = increase extensor tone
Place in prone = increase flexor tone

Head/optic righting: tilt infant 45* forward, backward, or to side. Will position head upright. Orients head in vertical.
Landau reflex
onset 3-4 mos
integrates 12-24 mos

hold infant in horizontal prone suspension. Results in complete extension of head, trunk, and extremities (superman).

Breaks up flexor dominance and facilitates prone extension
Symmetric tonic neck reflex (STNR)
onset: 4-6 months
integrates: 8-12 months

Place infant in crawling position and extend head. Results in flexion of hips and knees.

Breaks up extensor posture and facilitates quadruped
Neck on body righting reflex (NOB)
emerges at 4-6 months
integrates at 5 years

place infant in supine and fully turn head to 1 side. Infant will log roll entire body to align with head.

Maintains alignment; initiates rolling (1st form of ambulation)
Body on body righting reflex (BOB)
emerges at 4-6 months
integrates at 5 years

place infant in supine. briefly flex one hip and knee toward chest. Infant will segmentally roll upper trunk to maintain alignment

Facilitates trunk rotation
Downward parachute reflex (protective extension downward)
emerges at 4 months
Persists (does not integrate)

Rapidly lower infant toward surface while suspending vertically. Should see extension of LE's.

Allows placement of LE's in anticipation of surface
Forward parachute (protective extension froward)
emerges at 6-9 mos
persists

Suddenly tip infant foward toward surface while suspended vertically. Should see UE extension, neck extension, hand opening

UE placement in case of fall
Sideward parachute (protective extension sideward)
onset at 7 mos
persists

in sitting position, quickly tip infant off balance. Should see arm extension and abduction to side.

protects against fall; supports body during unilateral use of opposite arm
backward parachute reflex
onset at 9-10 mos
persists

quickly tip infant off balance backward. Should see backward arm extension or arm to one side.

Protects against fall. Facilitates unilateral spinal rotation
Tilting reflexes (occur in prone, supine, sitting, quadruped, and standing
4 different reflexes with onset between 5 mos and 21 mos
-persist throughout life

help to maintain equilibrium and facilitate postural adjustments
The onset of which 5 reflexes occurs at 28 wks gestation?
1. rooting (integrates 3 mos)
2. suck-swallow (integrates 2-5 mos)
3. Traction (integrates 2-5 mos)
4. Moro (integrates 4-6 mos)
5. Plantar grasp (integrates 9 mos)
Which reflex begins at 32 wks gestation?
Galant
(integrates 2 mos)
Which 3 reflexes begin at 37 wks gestation?
1. ATNR (integrates 4-6 mos)
2. palmar grasp (integrates 4-6 mos)
3. Tonic labyrinthine - supine and prone variations (integrate at 6 months)
Which reflex emerges at birth-2 mos?
Tonic labyrinthine (optical/head righting),

does not integrate
Which reflex emerges at 3-4 mos?
Landau (integrates at 12-24 mos)
Which 4 reflexes emerge between 4 and 6 mos?
1. STNR (integrates 8-12 mos)
2. NOB (integrates 5 yrs)
3. BOB (integrates 5 yrs)
4. downward parachute (persists)
Which reflexes persist throughout life?
1. labyrinthine/ optical head righting
2. parachute/protective extension reactions
3. Tilting reactions
Prerequisite skills for visual motor integration
1. visual attention
2. visual memory
3. visual discrimination
4. kinesthesia
5. position in space
6. figure ground
7. form constancy
8. spatial relations
5 General Principles of Motor Development
1. Cephalocaudal/proximal to distal occurrence
2. Gross to fine movements
3. Stability before mobility
4, Periods of equilibrium and disequilbirium intermittently occur
5. child is effected by environmental input
10 important aspects of UE development
1. head/trunk control
2. eye/hand and sensory/perceptual interactions
3. shoulder stability/mobility
4. humeral control
5. elbow control
6. forearm control
7. wrist control
8. thumb opposition and mobility
9. palmar arches of the hand
10. isolated finger control
When does handedness become stable?
Age 5. Preferences often identified before this age.
When does crossing midline begin?
9-12 mos, usually begins reaching for toy while WB'ing on opposite extremity.

Requires movement against gravity and wieght shift
When does bilateral integration develop?
9-12 months
When does the baby hold his head at midline?
3-4 mos
When does the baby roll from supine to side?
3-4 months
When does hands to midline develop?
4 months
When does the baby bring hands to mouth?
5-6 months
When does the baby lift head independently
5-6 months
When do the hands begin to be predominantly open?
5-6 months
When does the baby roll prone to supine?
5-6 months
when does body sides dissociate (unilateral reach)?
6 months
When does the baby crawl on belly?
7 months
When does the baby develop reciprocal creep?
7-10 months
when does the baby support self in sitting?
5-6 months (momentarily)

5-10 months (alone, playing with toys)
When does the baby stand while holding on to furniture?
5-10 months
When does the baby pull to stand with furniture?
6-12 months
when does the baby cruise?
8 mos
When does the baby move in and out of sitting to other positions?
10-12 months
When does the baby stand alone momentarily?
9-13 months
When does walking begin?
10-14 mos
When does object transfer begin?
4-8 mos

2 stage = 5-6 months
1 stage = 6-7 months
when does volitional release occur?
7-9 months

begins with infant pressing on surface to release. Wrist position progresses from flexion to neutral to extension (precise by 12-15 months)
at what age can a child jump off the floor with both feet
3 years
At what age will a child rake at a pellet
6 months
Grasp of a pellet
3 mos: visual regard only
6 mos: rakes to make contact
7 mos: inferior scissor grasp to rake into palm (thumb adducted and totally flexed)
8 mos: scissor grasp
9 mos: inferior pincer grasp
(beginning of thumb opposition)
10 mos: pincer grasp
12 mos: fine pincer grasp
Grasp of a cube
3 mos: may swipe at object
4 mos: primitive squeeze grasp; no thumb involvement
5 mos: palmar grasp w/ thumb adducted
6 mos: radial palmar grasp w/ thumb opposed
8 mos: radial digital grasp w/ some open webspace
9 mos: wrist extension noted
release skills
no release: 0-1 mos
involuntary release: 1-4 mos
2 stage transfer: 5-6 mos
1 stage transfer: 6-7 mos
voluntary release: 7-9 mos

refined until age 4
bilateral hand use
-asymmetric movements until 3 months
-symmetric movements until 10 mos
-12 to 18 mos = both hands for different functions
- 18-24 mos: manipulation skills emerge
- 2.5 yrs = 2 hands for 2 very different functions
Exner's Classification of manipulation skills
1. finger to palm translation: 12-15 months
2. palm to finger translation w/ stabilization (coins in a slot): 2-2.5 yrs
3. Shift: (separating 2 papers) 3 yrs
4. Simple rotation (less than 90*, such as unscrewing a cap) 2-2.5 yrs
5. complex rotation: 360* 6-7 yrs
6. In hand manipulation with stabilization: 6-7 yrs (picking up pennies and storing them in ulnar side of hand)
Pre-writing skills
1. Palmar supinate grasp: 1-1.5 yrs. arm moves as a unit

2. Digital pronate grasp: wrist in neutral, forearm pronated, arm moves as unit. 2-3 yrs

3. Static tripod: crude approximation of thumb and other digits. No fine movements, adjustments w/other hand, hand moves as unit. 3.5-4 yrs

4. Dynamic tripod: precise opposition, stable arch, wrist extension, fine movements of PIPs. 4.5 - 6 yrs.
Scissor skills
Holds and snips: 2-3 yrs

Opens and closes with control: 2- 3 yrs

Manipulates with forward motion: 3-4 yrs

Cuts straight line: 3-4 yrs

Cuts simple shapes: 3-4 yrs

cuts circles: 3.5-4.5 yrs

cuts simple figures: 4-6

cuts complex figures: 6-7
Prerequisites for scissor skills
1. open/close hand
2. isolate/combine thumb index and middle finger movements
3. bilateral hand use
4. coordinate arm, hand, and eye movements
5. stabilize wrist, elbow, shoulder
6. interact in constructive play stage
Primary circular reactions
reflexive patterns result in learning about cause and effect.
Repeated for enjoyment
2-4 mos
secondary circular reactions
Fist true awareness of cause and effect.
Voluntary movement patterns in result of coordination of vision and hand function.
5-8 mos
coordination of secondary schemata
voluntary movement in response to stim that cannot be seen 9-12 mos
Tertiary circular reactions
child seeks new schemes (concepts). tool use begins. 12-18 mos
sensorimotor period
0-2 yrs.
preoperational period
2-7 yrs

child classifies and conservates objects despite changes

preconceptual phase (2-4 yrs, expands vocabulary)

intuitive thought phase: imitation, copying, repeating 4-7 yrs.

Inductive reasoning denotes transition to next stage

Symbolic/verbal play
concrete operations phase
7 - 11 yrs

increased spatial awareness
increased application of rules (help adjust to social demands)
logical thinking
Formal operations stage
11-teen years

can hypothesize and use past experiences to plan
Early object use
1. action-based (shake, bang). 3-6 mos
2. Explores characteristics (pull, turn, poke) 6-9 mos
3. relational play combines objects (put in container) 8-9 months
4. Notice relationships between complex actions and consequences (close doors, lid on container, roll ball) 9-12 months
5. Links simple schemes (put baby in stroller and push) 12-15 mos
6. Links multischeme combinations into meaningful sequence (food in bowl, scoop with spoon, feed to doll). 24-36 mos
Problem solving skills 6-9 mos
-finds hidden object
-uses movement to get toy
-anticipates object movements
-attends to consequences of actions and repeats in result
Problem solving skills 9-12 mos
-uses tool following demo
-goal directed behavior
-performs action to produce response
Problem solving skills at 12-15 mos
-seeks adult help
-inspects objects
-uses trial and error
-attempts to activate simple mechanism
Problem solving skills at 18-21 months
-attends to shape of objects and uses appropriately
-begins to think before acting
-begins to replace trial and error with thought process
-operates mechanical toy
-begins to presume causes
problem solving skills at 21-24 months
matches shapes in shape sorter
problem solving skills at 24-27 months
discriminates sizes
problem solving skills at 27-30 months
builds with blocks horizontally and vertically
problem solving skills at 27-30 months
begins to relate experiences to one another based on prior knowledge

creates mental plan of action without acting it out
problem solving skills at 36-48 months
can build tower of 9 cubes (balance and coordination)

organizes objects by size
Symbolic play (progression)
1. 12-16 mos. make believe using self (sleeping, eating)

2. 12-18 mos, projects make-believe play on others,

3. 18-24 mos. increased use of substitution objects for pretending
Development of play
1. Exploratory play (0-2yrs)

2. Symbolic play (2-4 yrs)

3. Creative play (4-7 yrs)

4. Games (7-12 yrs)
Exxploratory play
0-2 yrs

play experiences facilitate development of body scheme

exploring properties of objects and people assists with sensory integrative and motor skills

most play with caregivers
Symbolic play
2-4 yrs

formulates, tests, classifies and refines ideas, feelings, and actions

language development

mostly parallel play, becomes cooperative over time
Creative play
4-7 years

refines skills in sensory, motor, cognitive, and social

explores combination of actions on multiple objects

cooperative peer groups
Games play
7-12 years

rules, competition, interaction and development of skills

cooperation of peers groups

friends important for validation of items and performance
When are infants able to be fed orally?
prior to 33 wks gestation, not fed oraly

at 35 wks gestation, jaw and tongue movements strong enough

40 wks gestation: gag and cough reflexes present to protect airway for up to 4 mos
Oral motor development
4-5 mos: munching on soft cookie

6 mos: stong up and down tongue movement

7-8 mos: soft and mashed foods beginning mastication w/ diagonal jaw movement

9 months: tongue lateralization, drinks from cup

12 mos: jaw firm; rotary chewing allows biting on hard cookie

24 mos: chews meats and hard veggies
observations for feeding evaluation
postural control

oral sensitivity

motor control (jaw, lip, tongue, cheek)

coordination and endurance
Intervention for oral motor control
Positioning: trunk stability, avoid neck extension

Hand positioning of caregiver (index finger under lip, middle finger under chin, thumb on mandible). Facilitate lip closure w/ upward pressure from index finger

Jaw closure: pressure from middle finger under jaw
Inhbiting tongue thrust
hand positioning of index/middle fingers (under lip and chin)

push bowl of spoon downward and hold on tongue
Facilitating swallow
lip closure

downward pressure of spoon on middle aspect of tongue
Facilitating chewing
place foods such as long, soft cooked veggies between tongue and teeth
Eliminating tonic bite reflex
firm downward pressure from spoon to middle aspect of tongue
Eliminate tongue thrust
can result in loss of food/liquid, drooling, FTT

facilitate lip closure
Consequences of tongue retraction
possibility of choking
How/when to decrease tactile sensitivty for feeding
prior to feeding and at other times

provide firm pressure

encourage sucking/chewing on a cloth

rub gums, palate, and tongue

promote oral exploration of toys

use a NUK brush

vary food textures

introduced mashed mixed with other textures (soft veggies, meats)
What consistency is easiest to swallow and manage?
thick foods
When does a child take baby food from a spoon?
5-7 mos
When does child finger feed self?
9-13 mos
When does child begin (likely unsuccessful) spoon use?
12-14 mos
When does child scoop with spoon and eat food?
12-18 mos
When does child use fork successfully?
24-30 mos
Apgar score
assesses infant HR, respiration, reflex irritability, muscle tone, and color at 0, 5, and 10 mins.

Each item scored 0, 1, or 2

Max score is 10
Neurobehavioral organization: signs of stress/irritability
1. autonomic systems (physiological)

2. motor systems: fluctuating or consistent tone

3. Emotional state: disorganized, clam, alert

4. attention-interaction: distress upon attending, difficulty shifting attention

5. self-regulation: ability to organize and balance