Early Detection and Early Intervention in Developmental Motor Disorders From Neuroscience to Participation

The book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of assessments and interventions applied in young children with, or at high risk, for developmental motor disorders. It provides an evidence-based practical guide for health professionals working in the field of early detection and early intervention (e.g., paediatricians and paediatric physiotherapists). Parts I & II provide an overview of the clinical picture of early detection and early intervention and the neurodevelopmental mechanisms occurring in early life are discussed, including vulnerability and plasticity. In Parts III & IV basic principles and features governing typical and atypical motor development are explained, covering not only motor development but also sensory and cognitive development. Part V summarises the methods available for assessments, including information on technical details of the tools and psychometric properties. Finally, Part VI discusses early intervention, including evidence on effectiveness, together with the application of equipment in young children with developmental motor disorders. Special attention is paid to the family and environmental adaptations.

Mijna Hadders-Algra (1956; MD, PhD) is professor of Developmental Neurology. Her research focuses on 1) early detection of developmental disabilities, 2) early intervention, 3) significance of minor neurological dysfunction (MND) in children with DCD, learning- and behavioural disorders, 4) pathophysiology of motor impairment in children with cerebral palsy or DCD. She is (co)author of >250 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and invited author of many chapters in handbooks in the field of developmental paediatrics. She frequently lectures and teaches across the world.

Part 1: Introduction

1 Introduction
Mijna Hadders-Algra

2 Early Diagnosis and Early Intervention in the Clinic
Leena Haataji

Part 2: Developmental Neurology

3 Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms in Early Life
Mijna Hadders-Algra

Part 3: Typical Motor Development

4 Sensory, Language, Cognitive and Socio-Economic Development
Hayley C Leonard

5 Motor Development During Foetal Life and Early Infancy
Mijna Hadders-Algra

6 Motor Development Between 3 Months and 2 Years
Mijna Hadders-Algra

Part 4: Atypical Motor Development

7 Atypical Motor Development of the Foetus and Young Infant
Mijna Hadders-Algra

8 Atypical Motor Development Between 3 Months and 2 Years
Mijna Hadders-Algra and Lindsay Pennington

Part 5: Diagnostics: Assessment of Neuromotor Conditions In Early Childhood

9 Psychometric Properties of Standardized Tests
Barbara Sargent

10 Assessments in the Neonatal Period and Early Infancy
Alicia Jane Spittle and Mijna Hadders-Algra

11 Assessment of Infants and Toddlers
Annette Majnemer, Laurie Snider and Mijna Hadders-Algra

Part 6: Early Intervention

12 Early Intervention: What About the Family?
Peter Rosenbaum, Monika Novak-Pavlic, Schirin Akhbari Ziegler and Mijna Hadders-Algra

13 Early Intervention in the Neonatal Period
Mijna Hadders-Algra

14 Early Intervention in the First 2 Years Post-Term
Mijna Hadders-Algra

15 Environmental Adaptations
Gunilla Thunberg, Roslyn Livingstone, Margaret Buchholz and Debra Field

16 Concluding Remarks
Mijna Hadders-Algra

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