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Critically ill infants in the newborn period are at high risk of developmental motor disorders. Mijna Hadders-Algra comprehensively addresses how best to detect which infants will be later diagnosed and how best to enact early intervention to improve their quality of life. Parts I & II provide an overview of the clinical picture and neurodevelopmental mechanisms. In Parts III & IV basic principles and features governing typical and atypical motor development are explained. Part V summarises assessment methods and Part VI discusses the methods and effectiveness of early intervention.

• Provides practical clinical strategies to improve care of children with or at risk of developmental motor disorders (such as cerebral palsy or developmental co-ordination disorder).
• Pays special attention to the family and environmental adaptations.
• Video-clips illustrate typical and atypical movements.
• Consistent use of the ICF as a framework.

From the Foreword

“The combination of theoretical and practical information with some really philosophical insights provide value for clinicians and for those wanting to teach and expand the evidence base in this area for the future.”

Anna Basu

Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Neurologist,

Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Readership

This evidence-based practical guidance will be useful for health professionals working in the field of early detection and early intervention including paediatricians, developmental paediatricians, neonatologists, child neurologists, paediatric physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and educationalists.

Clinics in Developmental Medicine

• Author Appointments
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• PART 1: INTRODUCTION
• 1 Introduction
• Mijna Hadders-Algra
• 2 Early Diagnosis and Early Intervention in the Clinic
• Leena Haataji
• PART 2: DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROLOGY
• 3 Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms in Early Life
• Mijna Hadders-Algra
• PART 3: TYPICAL MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
• 4 Sensory, Language, Cognitive and Socio-Economic Development
• Hayley C Leonard
• 5 Motor Development During Foetal Life and Early Infancy
• Mijna Hadders-Algra
• 6 Motor Development Between 3 Months and 2 Years
• Mijna Hadders-Algra
• PART 4: ATYPICAL MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
• 7 Atypical Motor Development of the Foetus and Young Infant
• Mijna Hadders-Algra
• 8 Atypical Motor Development Between 3 Months and 2 Years
• Mijna Hadders-Algra and Lindsay Pennington
• PART 5: DIAGNOSTICS: ASSESSMENT OF NEUROMOTOR CONDITIONS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
• 9 Psychometric Properties of Standardized Tests
• Barbara Sargent
• 10 Assessments in the Neonatal Period and Early Infancy
• Alicia Jane Spittle and Mijna Hadders-Algra
• 11 Assessment of Infants and Toddlers
• Annette Majnemer, Laurie Snider and Mijna Hadders-Algra
• PART 6: EARLY INTERVENTION
• 12 Early Intervention: What About the Family?
• Peter Rosenbaum, Monika Novak-Pavlic, Schirin Akhbari Ziegler and Mijna Hadders-Algra
• 13 Early Intervention in the Neonatal Period
• Mijna Hadders-Algra
• 14 Early Intervention in the First 2 Years Post-Term
• Mijna Hadders-Algra
• 15 Environmental Adaptations
• Gunilla Thunberg, Roslyn Livingstone, Margaret Buchholz and Debra Field
• 16 Concluding Remarks
• Mijna Hadders-Algra
• Index