by Joni Redlich,DPT Children are very clever. When something is hard, many kids can think it out and use cognitive skills to overcome a sensory-motor challenge. This is a great compensation tool when necessary, but we want children to have automatic motor skills, so they can focus on listening, learning, and interacting rather than thinking [...]
Autism and Motor Skills During the 1st Year of Life
April 8, 2011 By
by Dr. Joni Redlich An emerging area of awareness and scientific inquiry is the early identification of autism during the first few years of life. If differences in motor development can be observed in young infants later diagnosed with autism, then there is potential to detect autism long before a child is old enough to [...]
Conquering the Motor Challenges
March 8, 2011 By
