Physical activities for improving children's learning and behavior : a guide to sensory motor development / Billye Ann Cheatum, Allison A. Hammond.

By:

Cheatum, Billye Ann

Contributor(s):

Hammond, Allison A, 1960-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2000.Description: xvii, 341 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

0880118741
9780880118743

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Physical activities for improving children's learning and behavior.LOC classification:

LC4704.5 .C45 2000
GV361.Z5 C38 2000

Contents:

Sensory Motor Development -- Common Behaviors and Learning Problems -- Medical Versus Educational Diagnosis -- The Influence of Motor Problems on Learning and Behavior -- Motor Characteristics of Specific Disabilities -- Neurological Growth and Development -- Defining Growth and Development -- Developmental Sequences -- Prenatal Development -- Neurological Development -- Sensory Motor Stage -- The Nervous System -- Splinter Skills -- Tips for Sensory Motor Development Programs -- Help Build the Child's Self-Esteem -- Include the Family -- Establish a Daily Routine -- Create a Special Place -- Be Creative With Equipment -- Develop Simple Rules -- Give Clear Instructions -- Reflexes -- Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex -- Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex -- Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex -- Body Awareness -- Body Image -- Body Concept -- Body Schema -- Laterality -- Directionality -- The Sensory Systems -- Overview of the Sensory Systems -- Sensing Stimuli -- Integrating Stimuli for Development and Learning -- Sensory Dysfunction -- The Vestibular System -- Vestibular System Receptors -- The Vestibular System and Motor Development -- Evaluating Vestibular Function -- Vestibular System Problems -- Correcting Vestibular Problems -- The Proprioceptive System -- Proprioceptive System Receptors -- The Proprioceptive System and Its Development -- Evaluating the Proprioceptive System -- Proprioceptive System Problems -- Correcting Proprioceptive Problems -- The Tactile System -- Tactile System Receptors.

Summary: Explains sensory motor development and provides activities and games for use in the classroom and at home.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Fewer things cause more concern for teachers and parents than to be told that a child has a learning problem or behavior disorder. It is even more difficult when no specific cause or reason for the problem is given. Activities for Improving Children's Learning and Behavior can help you identify underlying causes for a child's difficulty and discover fun-filled activities that can greatly help them.

Authors Cheatum and Hammond, who together have worked in the special physical education field for more than 40 years, explain the complexities of sensory motor development in easily understood language. And they include more than 130 photos and illustrations of developmental processes and activities to help you understand and implement the information presented.

Interwoven throughout the book are 99 physical activities and games designed to help reduce the effects of sensory motor problems. All activities can be used in the classroom or at home and require little or no equipment.

Whether a child shows signs of clumsiness, motor skills below age level, or hyperactivity, Cheatum provides activities proven to help them be successful in and out of the classroom!

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-335) and index.

Explains sensory motor development and provides activities and games for use in the classroom and at home.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. ix)
Acknowledgments (p. xiii)
Game Finder (p. xv)
Part I Sensory Motor Development (p. 1)
Chapter 1 Common Behaviors and Learning Problems (p. 3)
Medical Versus Educational Diagnosis (p. 3)
The Influence of Motor Problems on Learning and Behavior (p. 8)
Motor Characteristics of Specific Disabilities (p. 14)
Chapter 2 Neurological Growth and Development (p. 17)
Defining Growth and Development (p. 18)
Developmental Sequences (p. 19)
Prenatal Development (p. 27)
Neurological Development (p. 29)
Sensory Motor Stage (p. 37)
The Nervous System (p. 40)
Splinter Skills (p. 42)
Chapter 3 Tips for Sensory Motor Development Programs (p. 45)
Help Build the Child's Self-Esteem (p. 46)
Include the Family (p. 49)
Establish a Daily Routine (p. 51)
Create a Special Place (p. 53)
Be Creative With Equipment (p. 54)
Develop Simple Rules (p. 55)
Give Clear Instructions (p. 56)
Chapter 4 Reflexes (p. 59)
Tonic Labyrinthine Reflex (p. 61)
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (p. 70)
Symmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (p. 76)
Chapter 5 Body Awareness (p. 85)
Body Image (p. 85)
Body Concept (p. 91)
Body Schema (p. 96)
Laterality (p. 100)
Directionality (p. 115)
Part II The Sensory Systems (p. 125)
Chapter 6 Overview of the Sensory Systems (p. 127)
Sensing Stimuli (p. 128)
Integrating Stimuli for Development and Learning (p. 132)
Sensory Dysfunction (p. 135)
Chapter 7 The Vestibular System (p. 143)
Vestibular System Receptors (p. 144)
The Vestibular System and Motor Development (p. 149)
Evaluating Vestibular Function (p. 154)
Vestibular System Problems (p. 158)
Correcting Vestibular Problems (p. 167)
Chapter 8 The Proprioceptive System (p. 185)
Proprioceptive System Receptors (p. 185)
The Proprioceptive System and Its Development (p. 187)
Evaluating the Proprioceptive System (p. 194)
Proprioceptive System Problems (p. 203)
Correcting Proprioceptive Problems (p. 206)
Chapter 9 The Tactile System (p. 223)
Tactile System Receptors (p. 223)
The Tactile System and Its Development (p. 225)
Evaluating the Tactile System (p. 230)
Tactile System Problems (p. 237)
Correcting a Tactile Problem (p. 243)
Chapter 10 The Visual System (p. 263)
Visual System Receptors (p. 264)
The Visual System and Motor Development (p. 266)
Evaluating the Visual System (p. 270)
Visual System Problems and Development (p. 285)
Correcting Visual Problems (p. 296)
Chapter 11 The Auditory System (p. 309)
Auditory System Receptors (p. 310)
The Auditory System and Motor Development (p. 314)
Evaluating the Auditory System (p. 317)
Auditory Problems and Development (p. 320)
Managing an Auditory Problem (p. 322)
Bibliography (p. 331)
Index (p. 336)
About the Authors (p. 341)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr. Billye Ann Cheatum has spent some 30 years devoting her life to the needs of children and adults with disabilities. She received her PhD in Physical and Special Education from Texas Woman's University in 1965 and has worked at Western Michigan University as an advisor of gerontology specialists, Coordinator of Special Physical Education, Special Physical Education instructor, and director of three disability laboratories.

Throughout her career, Cheatum received almost $2 million in federal grants. Part of the grant money was used to create SPELL (Special Physical Education Learning Laboratory). Located at WMU, this lab offers no-cost assessments of children and adults with special needs, individualized treatment programs, and follow-up. Federal funds also assist in providing laboratories for at-risk infants and toddlers and children exposed to drugs in utero. Cheatum has also published two books as well as a children's disabilities booklet with Dr. Hammond for the Michigan State Department. Now retired, she enjoys sailing, swimming, and snorkeling in her hometown of Kalamazoo, MI.

Allison A. Hammond is a sensory motor development specialist who provides sensory motor development programs to children through her private practice, The ResponsAble Child Clinic. She has received two master's degrees in adapted physical education as well as an EdD in Education Leadership with an emphasis in Special Physical Education. During Hammond's educational years as coordinator of the laboratories at Western Michigan University, she evaluated and planned special physical education programs for hundreds of children with a wide variety of disabilities including mental impairment, cerebral palsy, and learning disabilities.

Hammond has conducted numerous workshops and presentations concerning sensory motor development for parents. She has also trained teachers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and administrators on the subject. Hammond currently lives with her husband Michael in Kalamazoo, MI.