ABSTRACT

This book provides an overview of human development and includes the relationship between motor development and cognitive and social development. It explores factors affecting development, including effects of early stimulation and deprivation. The book addresses assessment in motor development.

chapter 1|22 pages

Introduction to Motor Development

chapter 2|21 pages

Cognitive and Motor Development

chapter 3|28 pages

Social and Motor Development

chapter 4|28 pages

Prenatal Development Factors

chapter 6|28 pages

Growth and Maturation

chapter 8|22 pages

Movement and the Changing Senses

chapter 9|18 pages

Infant Reflexes and Stereotypies

chapter 10|18 pages

Voluntary Movements of Infancy

chapter 11|22 pages

Fine Motor Development

chapter 12|23 pages

Fundamental Locomotion Skills of Childhood

chapter 14|24 pages

Youth Sports

chapter 15|34 pages

Movement in Adulthood

chapter 16|22 pages

Assessment