Human Motor Development : A Lifespan Approach

Preface

PART I: AN OVERVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT

1: Introduction to Motor Development

2: Cognitive and Motor Development

3: Social and Motor Development

4: Moral and Motor Development

PART II: FACTORS THAT AFFECT DEVELOPMENT

5: Prenatal Development Concerns

6: Effects of Early Stimulation and Deprivation

PART III: PHYSICAL CHANGES ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

7: Growth and Maturation

8: Physiological Changes: Health-Related Physical Fitness

9: Movement and the Changing Senses

PART IV: MOVEMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

10: Infant Reflexes and Stereotypes

11: Voluntary Movements of Infancy

12: Fine Motor Development

13: Fundamental Locomotion Skills of Childhood

14: Fundamental Object-Control Skills of Childhood

15: Youth Sports

16: Development Motor Delays

17: Movement in Adulthood

PART V: ASSESSING MOTOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM

18: Assessment

19: Planning and Conducting Developmental Movement Programs

Appendix A: Growth Charts: National Center for Health Statistics

Appendix B: Body Mass Index Table

Appendix C: Summary of the Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health

Appendix D: Summary of the CDC's Guidelines for School and Community Programs Promoting Lifelong Physical Activity

Appendix E: Observation Plans

Appendix F: List of Web Sites