Frames of Reference
Handling is a key part of evaluation and intervention in this frame of reference.
NDT
This is the common term used during pregnancy to describe how far along the pregnancy is
Gestational Age
This tells the brain what the body is doing.
Sensations
This tool assesses fine and gross motor skills for children birth through at 5 years, 11 months.
Peabody Developmental Motor Scales - 3
Child, Task, Environment
Motor Skill Acquisition
Influenced by neuroscience and neuroplasticity, the goal of intervention for this frame of reference is an Adaptive Response
Ayres Sensory Integration (c)
Most children learn to walk by this age.
12-15 months
This is the ability to perceive the details and differences between various sensory inputs.
Sensory discrimination
Pediatric Volitional Questionnaire (PVQ)
Sensory Reactivity, Sensory Perception, Postural Control, Praxis, Adaptive Responses
Ayres SI(c)
Evaluation in this frame of reference must include assessment of the child's abilities, the task, and the environment.
Motor Skill Acquisition (MSA)
This is the cognitive stage of development (Piaget) of a typical 3 year old.
Pre-Operational Stage
This is what happens when a child actively selects the sensation MOST useful at the time and enhances further sensory integration.
Adaptive Response
This tool assesses motor skills using every day tasks such as cutting with a fork and knife and donning a t-shirt.
STAR
This frame of reference is influenced by the Dynamic Systems Theory, Jean Ayres work, and the Relationship-based DIR Floortime approach.
Sensory Therapies and Research (STAR)
5 years
This person describes discorders in modulation such as Sensory Seeking, Sensory Avoiding, and Low Registration
Winnie Dunn
This tool assesses skills in three domains, self-care, mobility, and social functioning. Typically, children master the items on this tool by the time they are 7 years old.
Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory
Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operational, Formal operational
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development
In this frame of refernce, teaching-learning is an intervention strategy; the therapist is a facilitator, and the child is the learner.
4 Quadrant Model (4QM)
Psychosocial development during this childhood stage, is focused on self identity, accepting who they are, and determining where they fit in the world.
Adolescence
These are the two sensory systems involved in somatodyspraxia
Tactile and Proprioception
This tool is a performance-based assessment that evaluates sensory-based motor skills.
Structured Observations of Sensory Integration (SOSI-M)
Discovery Learning, Metacognition, Priming, Mnemonics
4QM