Motor Assessment of the Developing Infant, 2nd Edition presents
theories of infant motor development and discusses the unique challenges
involved in assessing the motor skills of developing infants as compared
to that of adults. It provides step-by-step instructions for using the
Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) - a scale that measures infant gross
motor skills. It also features a review of two current theories of motor
development, line drawings and photographs of 58 gross motor skills, and
a percentile graph to plot an infant's score and derive an estimate of
his or her percentile ranking. Clinicians, researchers, and
parents/caregivers have all reported satisfaction with both the ease of
an AIMS assessment and the strong psychometric properties of the scale.
Thus, the descriptors of the 58 motor items and the administration and
scoring guidelines have stood the test of time and remain unchanged in
this second edition.
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Comprehensive coverage of how to use the Alberta Infant Motor
Scale, a standardized measurement scale used to assess the gross
motor abilities of infants.
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Line drawings and photographs of 58 gross motor skills.
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Five copies of the AIMS scoresheet are included with the print
edition*.*
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The Alberta Infant Motor Scale is trusted by clinicians and
researchers across the globe.
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NEW! Enhanced eBook version, included with print purchase,
contains an electronic view of the scoresheet for ease of reference
and allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from
the book on a variety of devices.
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NEW! Clinical examples in the Clinical Uses of the Alberta Infant
Motor Scale chapter offer brief case studies showing the different
clinical uses of the AIMS.
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NEW! Scoring section in the Administration Guidelines chapter
includes examples of common scoring errors.
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NEW! Additional scoring "hints" are provided for items that
have been identified as problematic during therapist training
sessions.
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UPDATED! Theories of Motor Development chapter presents the
change from the neuromaturational theory to those originating from
dynamic systems theory and motor control theories.
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UPDATED! Motor Assessment of the Developing Infant chapter
includes a discussion of the unique challenges of assessing infant
motor abilities and the important psychometric properties to consider
when choosing an infant assessment tool.
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UPDATED! Clinical Uses of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale chapter
includes recent literature on clinical uses and advises on when not to
use the AIMS as an assessment measure.
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UPDATED! Norm-Referencing of the Alberta Infant Motor Scale
chapter reflects the most up-to-date normative data and validity
research and discusses research on the instability of infant motor
scores over time in typically developing infants using the AIMS.
