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Title:Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome, 2nd Edition : A Guide for Parents & Professionals
Author:Maryanne Bruni BScOT(Reg)
ISBN:1890627674 : 9781890627676
Illustrations:225 b/w photos
Format:Paperback
Size:215x280mm
Pages:241
Weight: .594 Kg.
Published:Woodbine House - April 2006
List Price: 13.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Teaching of those with special educational needs: Occupational therapy: Coping with disability


The updated and expanded 2nd edition of FINE MOTOR SKILLS IN CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME continues to be a popular, practical guide to understanding fine motor skills in children with Down syndrome and helping them develop these skills from birth through early adolescence. The first edition won a Parent's Choice Award in 1999. The author, an occupational therapist who has worked extensively with children with Down syndrome, is also the parent of a teenager with Down syndrome. She offers parents and professionals dozens of easy, home- and school-based activities, illustrated with black and white photos, which help children gradually acquire the skills they need for fine motor development. Readers learn how to incorporate work on fine motor skills into everyday activities and routines and to emphasise tasks that children can use throughout life -- play, self-help, printing, cutting with scissors, and computer use. New to this edition is a chapter on sensory processing and how the sensory system affects behaviour and learning in children with Down syndrome. Parents learn strategies that can help children handle various sensory problems so they can continue to learn daily living skills. Bruni includes new information on determining when a child is ready for 'pre-printing' activities (things a child can do to prepare for trying to print letters) and how to introduce related concepts (up & down; top & bottom; start & stop; left & right). The 2nd edition also includes more information on ways to help children learn self-help skills, such as dressing, using a fork and spoon, and becoming potty trained. This new and improved edition gives parents and professionals the expertise and confidence they need to help children build fine motor abilities and become more independent. Target Audience: Parents of children with Down syndrome, early intervention specialists, occupational and physical therapists, teachers

Introduction: A Parent's Perspective; A Model of Hand Skill Development; Building on What is There: Learning Step-by-Step; Fine Motor Development in Children with Down Syndrome; Early Movement in Babies with Down Syndrome; The First Building Block of Hand Skills: Stability; The Second Building Block: Bilateral Co-ordination; The Third Building Block: Sensation; Dexterity; Daily Living Skills: School-Related Tasks; Daily Living Skills: Self-Help Skills, Household and Leisure Activities; Sensory Processing; Hands Up!; Visual Motor Worksheets; Glossary; Index.