How Babies Learn …

Margo Prim Haynes, PT, DPT, MA, PCSMary Rose Franjoine, PT, DPT, MS, PCS

2009

Assignment:

Study Guide Learning Activity 1.4.3 pg 54

Full Term Babies born with ….

Physiological flexion

Biomechanically

Biomechanically extensors are ready to work before flexors

Development Follows a Predictable Sequence :

Extension

Flexion

Balanced extension & flexion

Lateral flexion

Rotation

Sagittal Plane

Frontal / Coronal Plane

Transverse Plane

Planes of Movement

Development progresses…

Refined Movement

Mass Movement Cephalo- Caudal

Caudal - Cephalo

Control of Movement…

Progresses from proximal to distal & from distal to proximal.

Development is …

Influenced by:Genetics:EnvironmentCultureGrowth Maturation

How Babies Learn

Each baby is unique Variation within the process

existBody Size & Body Type

Psychosocial Environment

Practice, Practice, Practice

Variety Busy Blocked vs Random Part vs Whole

Feedback

Intrinsic

Extrinsic

Change

Performance: temporary

Motor learning: relatively permanent

How Babies Learn …

Margo Prim Haynes, PT, DPT, MA, PCSMary Rose Franjoine, PT, DPT, MS, PCS

2009