Concept Overview
Body Image
Object Concepts
Spatial Concepts
Interventions
100
Mental representations of images and ideas
What are concepts
100
awareness of right and left sides of body and relation of body to external objects
What is laterality
100
understanding what an object is and, later, its function and meaning
What is object concept
100
consistent, recognizable environmental features that allow individuals to know their precise location in an environment
What is landmark
100
Playing interactive movement, body part naming, and turn-taking games
What is facilitating body image
200
Understanding of characteristics and purposes and ability to generalize to other uses and situations
What is abstract
200
When a child can identify own body parts then the body parts of others
What is development of body image
200
Deliberate actions that involve objects
What are object schemes
200
understanding of spatial concepts reflects knowledge of object-to-object relationships that are not tied to the individual’s body
What is allocentric
200
exposing children to different objects in the same class
What is a strategy for comparative learning and object constancy
300
Understanding purpose or function
What is functional
300
Understanding one’s body from the perspectives of top to bottom, side to side, and front to back
What are body planes
300
development of internal mental images of objects not directly within immediate experience or perpetual range
What is object permanence
300
This reflects understanding based on the relationship between objects and the individual’s body
What is egocentric
300
using a resonance board to provide subtle vibrations and auditory feedback from movement
What is facilitating cause and effect
400
Concepts only experienced through verbal description such as color
What is an error in concept formation
400
ability to move own body and body parts in response to directions—left, right, forward, and backward, as well as identifying left and right on other people and objects
What is directionality
400
ability to perceive an object as unchanging even under different conditions of observation
What is object constancy
400
mapping of the immediate body, proximal and distance space
What is phases of spatial concept development
400
locating favorite toys and personal items in a predictable place
What is facilitating acquisition of environmental concepts
500
experiencing taste, smell, and touch at near
What are difficulties with concept formation
500
ability to move the body and entire parts given a verbal prompt
What is body movement
500
when infants learn they can make things happen and control the environment
What is cause and effect
500
Mapping of body-to-object, size and shape, and part-to-whole relationships
What are phases of spatial concept development
500
using push toys and trailing walls to move from one area to another
What is mapping of body-to-object relationships