Author: Holt, Kenneth S. ; editor:
Title: Movement and Child Development
Description: London, Heinemann, 1975. orig.boards. 25x18cm, [1], ix,182 pp, Series: Clinics in Developmental Medicine, No. 55.. Textual graphs & photos.. Minor rubbing. Small tears to dustwrapper. VG. ¶ Contains 18 papers. Includes: How and Why Children Move; The Consequence of Impaired Movement; Movement Disturbances: Patterns of Overactivity and Behaviour Disturbances in Children; The Neurological Basis of Movement; Components of Neuromuscular Control; Studies of Neuromuscular Control in Normal and Spastic Individuals; Training Spastic Individuals to Achieve Better Neuromuscular Control using Electromyographic Feeback; Movement, Action and Skill; Observing Motor Skill; Recording Children's Movements; Movement Notation and the Recording of Normal and Abnormal Movements; Objective Methods and Implications of Recording Children's Behaviour; A Developmental Intervention Programme Designed to Overcome the Effects of Impaired Movement in Spina Bifida Infants; The Rôle of Music in the Stimulation of Movement; The Rôle of Physical Education in the Stimulation of Movement; learning through Bodily Experience; Stimulation of Movement; A Review of Therapeutic Techniques; Implications of Movement for Parents, Therapists, Teachers and Doctors.

Keywords: Child Development, Motor Ability, Movement Disorders, Psychology, Pediatrics, Pediatric, Paediatric, Paediatrics, Physical Therapy