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Foundations for Remediation
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Second Edition
By
Anne Henderson, PhD, OTR, Professor Emeritus, Department of Occupational Therapy, Boston University/Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA
Charlane Pehoski, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Consultant, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Waltham, MA, USA
Description
This comprehensive resource and clinical guide for students and practicing pediatric therapists features current information on the neurological
foundations of hand skills, the development of hand skills, and intervention with children who have problems related to hand skills.
Contents
Part I: Foundation of Hand Skills
1. Cortical control of hand-object interaction
2. Anatomy and kinesiology of
the hand
3. Normal and impaired development of force control in precision grip
4. Perceptual functions of the hand
5. Reaching
and eye-hand coordination
6. Cognition and motor skills
Part II: Development of Hand Skills
7. Hand skill
development in the context of infants? play: birth to two years
8. Object manipulation in infants and children
9. Handedness in
children
10. Self-care and hand skill
11. The development of graphomotor skills
Part III: Therapeutic Intervention
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Intervention for children with hand skill problems
13. A fine motor program for preschoolers
14. Evaluation of handwriting
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Principles and practices of teaching handwriting
16. Upper extremity intervention in cerebral palsy: a neurodevelopmental approach
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Pediatric hand therapy
18. Splinting the upper extremity of a child
19. Efficacy of interventions to enhance hand function
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 496 pages, publication date: SEP-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-03186-8
ISBN-10: 0-323-03186-2
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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