Attention, balance and coordination : the A. B. C. of learning success / Sally Goddard Blythe ; with contributions from Lawrence J. Beuret, Peter Blythe, and Valerie Scaramella-Nowinski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goddard, Sally, 1957- author.

Contributor:

Beuret, Lawrence J., contributor.

Blythe, Peter, contributor.

Scaramella-Nowinski, Valerie, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic achievement.

Behavior disorders in children.

Reflexes.

Motor ability in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, 2017.

Summary:

An updated edition of the definitive handbook on the physical basis for learning for professionals involved in education and child development, written by the respected author of acclaimed titles in the field. * A comprehensive overview of the relationship between neuromotor maturity and physical development on learning outcomes and behaviour in childhood and later life * Explores why early reflexes are important, their functions in early development, their effects on learning and behavior if retained, and the possible effects on other aspects of development * Brings together a specialist body of knowledge and makes it accessible to anyone involved in treating the symptoms of specific learning difficulties and emotional problems. * Includes new information on the role of the vestibular system in anxiety and agoraphobia, a new chapter of case studies, and an Epilogue placing the INPP Method in a broader scientific context

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

About the Author

About the Contributors

Chapter 1 Windows on the Brain

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Developmental Readiness for Education

1.3 What Is Neuromotor Immaturity?

1.4 What Is the Connection between NMI and Specific Learning Difficulties?

1.5 Primitive and Postural Reflexes-the Medical Model

1.6 How Can Testing of Primitive and Postural Reflexes Be Used?

1.7 Neurological Dysfunction in Specific Learning Difficulties

1.8 Diagnostic Criteria, Signs, and Symptoms of Specific Learning Difficulties

1.9 Dyslexia-Signs and Symptoms

1.9.1 Dyslexia

1.9.2 Associated Symptoms

1.9.3 Neurological Factors in Dyslexia

1.9.4 Laterality

1.10 Developmental Coordination Disorder

1.10.1 Learning Problems

1.11 Attention Deficit Disorder

1.11.1 Symptoms of ADHD

1.12 Underachievement

1.13 The Sensory-Motor Connection

1.14 Theories of Motor Control

References

Chapter 2 The Significance of Primitive and Postural Reflexes

2.1 What Are Primitive and Postural Reflexes?

2.2 What Do Primitive and Postural Reflexes Tell Us?

2.3 The Developing Brain

2.4 The Emergence of Spinal Reflexes

2.5 Reflexes Mediated at the Spinal Level

2.5.1 Flexor Withdrawal Reflex

2.5.2 Crossed Extensor Reflex

2.6 Reflexes Mediated in the Brainstem

2.7 Reflexes as Reflections of Hierarchical Development

2.7.1 Intrauterine Reflexes

2.7.2 Primitive Reflexes

2.7.3 Postural Reactions (Reflexes)

2.8 Areas of the Brain Involved in the Mediation of Primitive and Postural Reflexes

2.8.1 Brainstem

2.9 The Multisensory Reflex-the Moro Reflex

2.9.1 The Fear Paralysis Reflex

2.10 Characteristics of the Fear Paralysis Reflex

2.11 Moro Reflex Activators

2.12 Functions of the Moro Reflex

2.13 Physiological Response to the Moro Reflex.

2.14 Implications of a Retained Moro Reflex

2.15 Symptoms of SSS

2.16 General Symptoms Associated with a Retained Moro Reflex

2.16.1 Links to Auditory Processing

2.16.2 Effects on Behavior

2.17 Behavioral Outcomes Associated with a Retained Moro Reflex

2.17.1 Possible Secondary Psychological Effects

Endnotes

Chapter 3 Primitive Reflexes of Position

3.1 Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex

3.2 Development of Head Control

3.3 Why Is Head Control So Important?

3.4 The TLR and Early Feeding

3.4.1 Symptoms Suggestive of a Residual TLR

3.5 ATNR

3.5.1 Early Training for Hand-Eye Coordination

3.5.2 Functions of the ATNR (18 Weeks In Utero to Four to Six Months of Postnatal Life)

3.6 Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (STNR)

3.6.1 Functions of the STNR

3.6.2 Helping to Train Visual Skills

3.6.3 Functions of the STNR

3.6.4 Effects of a Retained or Residual STNR

3.6.5 Effects of a Retained or Residual STNR

Chapter 4 Primitive Tactile Reflexes

4.1 Palmar Grasp Reflex

4.1.1 Functions of the Palmar Grasp Reflex

4.1.2 Effects of a Retained or Residual Palmar Reflex

4.2 Plantar Reflex

4.2.1 Functions of the Babinski Reflex

4.2.2 Effects of a Residual or Retained Babinski Reflex

4.2.3 Effects of a Residual or Retained Babinski Reflex

4.2.4 Functions of the Plantar (Flexor) Reflex

4.2.5 Effects of Residual or Retained Plantar (Flexor) Reflex

4.3 Rooting Reflex

4.3.1 Functions of the Rooting Reflex

4.3.2 Effects of a Residual or Retained Rooting Reflex

4.4 Suckling and Sucking Reflexes

4.4.1 Functions of the Suckling Reflex

4.4.2 Effects of a Retained or Residual Suck Reflex

4.5 The Spinal Galant Reflex

4.5.1 Functions of the Spinal Galant Reflex

4.5.2 Effects of a Residual or Retained Spinal Galant Reflex

4.5.3 Nocturnal Enuresis.

4.5.4 Effects of a Retained or Residual Spinal Galant Reflex

Endnote

Chapter 5 Postural Reflexes

5.1 Head Righting Reflexes

5.2 Righting, Placing, and Equilibrium Reactions

5.2.1 Righting Reactions

5.2.2 Placing Reactions

5.2.3 Equilibrium Reactions

5.3 Parachute Reflex

Chapter 6 Use of the INPP Screening Questionnaire

6.1 The INPP Screening Questionnaire for Children

6.2 How to Use the INPP Questionnaire

6.2.1 Question 1: Family History

6.2.2 Question 2: Was Your Child Conceived as a Result of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)?

6.2.3 Question 3: When You Were Pregnant, Did You Have Any Medical Problems?

6.2.4 Question 4: Was Your Child Born Approximately at Term, Early for Term, or Late for Term?

6.2.5 Question 5: Was the Birth Process Unusual or Difficult in Any Way?

Chapter 7 Postnatal Factors Using the INPP Questionnaire

7.1 How to Use the INPP Questionnaire

7.1.1 Question 6: When Your Child Was Born, Was He/She Small for Term? Please Give Birth Weight, if Known

7.1.2 Question 7: When He/She Was Born, Was There Anything Unusual About Him/Her? That is, the skull distorted, heavy bruising, definitely blue, heavily jaundiced, covered with a calcium-type coating or requiring intensive care. If yes, please give detail

7.1.3 Question 8: In The First 13 Weeks of Your Child's Life, Did He/She Have Difficulty in Sucking, Feeding Problems, Keeping Food Down, or Colic?

7.1.4 Question 9: In the First Six Months of Your Child's Life, Was He/She a Very Still Baby, so Still That at Times You Wondered if it Was a Cot Death?

7.1.5 Question 10: Between 6 and 18 Months, Was Your Child Very Active and Demanding, Requiring Minimal Sleep Accompanied by Continual Screaming?.

7.1.6 Question 11: When Your Child Was Old Enough to Sit up in the Pram and Stand up in the Cot, Did He/She Develop a Violent Rocking Motion, so Violent that Either the Buggy or Cot Was Actually Moved?

7.1.7 Question 12: Did Your Child Become a "Head‐Banger," that is, Bang His/Her Head Deliberately into Solid Objects?

7.1.8 Question 13: Was Your Child Early (Before 10 Months) or Late (Later than 16 Months) at Learning to Walk?

7.1.9 Question 14: Did He/She Go Through a Motor Stage of:

7.1.10 Question 15: Was Your Child Late at Learning to Talk? (Two- to Three-Word Phrases by Two Years)

7.1.11 Question 16: In the First 18 Months of Life, Did Your Child Experience Any Serious Illness Involving High Temperatures and/or Convulsions? If Yes, Please Give Details

7.1.12 Question 17: Was There Any Sign of Infant Eczema or Asthma?

7.1.13 Question 18: Was There Adverse Reaction to Any of the Childhood Inoculations?

7.1.14 Question 19: Did Your Child Have Difficulty Learning to Dress Him/Herself?

7.1.15 Question 20: Did Your Child Suck His/Her Thumb Through to Five Years or More? If so, Which Thumb?

7.1.16 Question 21: Did Your Child Wet the Bed, Albeit Occasionally, Above the Age of Five Years?

7.1.17 Question 22: Does Your Child Suffer From Travel Sickness?

7.2 Schooling

7.2.1 Question 23: When Your Child Went to the First Formal School, that is, Infant School, in the First Two Years of Schooling, Did He/She Have Problems Learning to Read?

7.2.2 Question 24: In the First Two Years of Formal Schooling Did He/She Have Problems Learning to Write? Did He/She Have Problems Learning to Do "Joined Up" or Cursive Writing?

7.2.3 Question 25: Did He/She Have Difficulty Learning to Tell the Time from a Traditional Clock Face as Opposed to a Digital Clock?.

7.2.4 Question 26: Did He/She Have Difficulty Learning to Ride a Two-wheeled Bicycle?

7.2.5 Question 27: Was or Is He/She an Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Child, that is, Suffer Numerous Ear Infections, Is a "Chesty" Child or Suffer from Sinus Problems?

7.2.6 Question 28: Does/Did Your Child Have Difficulty Catching a Ball?

7.2.7 Question 29: Is Your Child One Who Cannot Sit Still, that is, Has "Ants-in-the-Pants" and Is Continually Being Criticized by the Teachers?

7.2.8 Question 30: Does Your Child Make Numerous Mistakes When Copying from a Book?

7.2.9 Question 31: When Your Child Is Writing an Essay or News Item at School, Does He/She Occasionally Put Letters Back to Front or Miss Letters or Words Out?

7.2.10 Question 32: If There Is a Sudden, Unexpected Noise or Movement, Does Your Child Over-React?

7.3 Scoring the INPP Questionnaire

7.4 Research into the Reliability of the INPP Questionnaire

Chapter 8 The Development of the Vestibular-Cerebellar Theory

8.1 Origins

8.2 Development of Balance

8.3 Cerebellum and Balance

8.4 Significance of Vestibular Dysfunction

8.5 Symptoms of Vestibular Problems [65]

Chapter 9 The Effects of Neuromotor Immaturity in Adults and in Adolescents

9.1 Problems in Higher Education

9.1.1 Dyscalculia

9.2 Vestibular Connections to the Reticular Activating System (RAS)

9.2.1 Possible Symptoms of Vestibular Disorders

9.3 Adolescent and Adult Manifestations of NDD-a Clinical Perspective : By Lawrence J. Beuret, MD

Chapter 10 Development of the INPP Method-from Theory to Fact

10.1 Post Script

Chapter 11 Other Factors in Specific Learning Difficulties

11.1 Unraveling the Threads

11.1.1 Auditory Processing Disorders

11.1.2 Receptive Listening

11.1.3 Expressive Listening

11.1.4 Motor Skills.

11.1.5 Protection Issues.

Notes:

Incudes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

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971893154