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"This monograph represents the single most important and user friendly resource on gross motor skills in children with Down syndrome to date."
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Children with Down syndrome master gross motor skills -- everything from rolling over to running but need additional help and encouragement to maximise development. In this book the author, a physical therapist, shares her experience gained from sixteen years specialising in the motor development of children with Down Syndrome. This book provides parents and professionals with essential information about motor development including the impact of temperament and the effect of physical and medical conditions associated with Down syndrome.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Children with Down syndrome often have low muscle tone (hypotonia) and increased flexibility which can affect overall gross motor development. There are many issues that parents need to be aware of if their child has hypotonia. Even the way you hold your baby can affect his gross motor development. This book shows how to encourage and maximize a child's gross motor development - head control, rolling, sitting, cruising, walking, kicking, jumping - from infancy to age six. Pat Winders has written the "bible" of physical therapy for children with Down syndrome. It contains useful information for parents, therapists, and teachers.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Step by step how to guide to help you lead your child to the next level and on from there. The book starts with infancy thru/ walking; then post walking. Post walking is where our child is. We are building an obstical course-like toy to help her "walk on uneven surfaces, up and down incline planes and balance beam skills". Other things we are trying that we learned from this book is the importance of riding toy and challenging her to stand on one foot (like when kicking a ball). Good guide to learn a few tricks to help your 2 - 3 year old with Downs.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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If you have just had a baby with Down Syndrome, buy this book - it'll teach you more about motor development in DS children than your child's physiotherapist will. Uplifting, optimistic, crystal clear, it has exercises on every phase of motor development with clear illustrative pictures with DS children as models. The author not only explains how you should do the exercises, she also explains why, and what posture faults etc you should look out for. I used this book to create "gym sessions" with my daughter when she was a baby and we had great fun with it.
It also has a table with average ages and age ranges for when DS children reach certain "milestones" which will stop you wondering if/when your child is ever going to get to a certain stage.
It also has a table with average ages and age ranges for when DS children reach certain "milestones" which will stop you wondering if/when your child is ever going to get to a certain stage.
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This is an amazingly simple but really effective book to support the development of a child with Down Syndrome. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Sarah R
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This is used every day by my senior physiotherapists who work in Early Services. It has very valuable information for them and parents/carers alike. Really well worth it!!
Published on 13 April 2010 by Mrs. Melinda Mccabe
Superb! Empowering book.
This book is clear, well laidout and is practical.
The language is simple the diagrams work and the pictures are relevant and encouraging. Read more
The language is simple the diagrams work and the pictures are relevant and encouraging. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2008 by C. Gibbons
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