Product Description

Children Adapt provides a developmental approach to pediatric rehabilitation and a theoretical framework for the evaluation and treatment of children.

This extensive revision of the successful first edition now includes stated learning objectives, self-study questions and identification of key points, allowing the book to be used more effectively as a student textbook as well as a practitioner’s reference. New material has been added to reflect the most up-to-date trends in the field of pediatric development, creating an innovative, insightful learning tool.

Highlights of this revised edition include:

• An overview of the rudiments of theory building.
• New material discussing application of theory to pediatric rehabilitation.
• Explicit discussions of occupational performance skills.
• A comprehensive glossary of terms.

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Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Foreword

Chapter 1: Theory Construction

Chapter 2: Theory of Saptiotemporal Adaptation

Chapter 3: Highlights of Nervous System Development and Function

Chapter 4: Strategies for Developmental and Purposeful Sequences

Chapter 5: Developmental Sequences

Chapter 6: Developmental Sequences to Stand

Chapter 7: Purposeful Sequences and the Acquisition of Skilled Performance

Chapter 8: Spatiotemporal Distress and Dysfunction

Chapter 9: Relationship of Theory and Practice

Chapter 10: A Theory for Occupational

Glossary

Index

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