Bringing together leading experts--and providing vital insights to guide clinical practice--this is the first volume to comprehensively address childhood motor disorders from a neuropsychological perspective. The book explores the neural and behavioral bases of movement disorders and summarizes current findings from applied research. Existing approaches to assessment and neuroimaging are critically examined, and new and innovative methods presented. Authors also synthesize the latest knowledge on motor difficulties associated with specific developmental and neurological problems: cerebral palsy; neuromuscular disease; autism; brain injury; disorders of coordination, speech, and written language; and more. Other important topics covered include psychosocial effects of motor skills impairments, frequently encountered comorbidities, and the status of available intervention approaches. --- from the publisher Contents: I. Foundations 1. Motor Disorders and Neuropsychological Development: A Historical Appreciation, David E. Tupper and Sandra K. Sondell 2. Neuroimaging of Developmental Motor Disorders, Deborah Dewey and Shauna Bottos 3. Approaches to Understanding the Neurobehavioral Mechanisms Associated with Motor Impairments in Children, Eric A. Roy, Shauna Bottos, Kelly Pryde, and Deborah Dewey 4. Motor Proficiency Assessment Batteries, Anna Barnett and Judith M. Peters II. Clinical Disorders 5. Neurodevelopmental Motor Disorders: Cerebral Palsy and Neuromuscular Diseases, Thomas A. Blondis 6. Motor Disorders in Children with Intellectual Disabilities, Digby Elliott and Lindsay Bunn 7. Motor Problems in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Isabel M. Smith 8. Acquired Childhood Conditions with Associated Motor Impairments, Deborah Dewey, Shauna Bottos, and David E. Tupper 9. Involuntary Motor Disorders in Childhood, Deborah Dewey, David E. Tupper, and Shauna Bottos 10. Balance and Postural Control across the Lifespan, Harriet G. Williams and Laura Ho III. Neuropsychological Manifestations 11. Developmental Phonological Disorder, Megan M. Hodge and Leslie Wellman 12. Developmental Motor Learning Disability: A Neuropsychological Approach, Timo Ahonen, Libbe Kooistra, Helena Viholainen, and Marja H. Cantell 13. Visuospatial, Kinesthetic, Visuomotor Integration, and Visuoconstructional Disorders: Implications for Motor Development, Peter H. Wilson 14. Processing Deficits in Children with Movement and Attention Problems, Jan Piek and Thelma Pitcher 15. Understanding the "Graphia" in Developmental Dysgraphia: A Developmental Neuropsychological Perspective for Disorders in Producing Written Language, Virginia Berninger IV. Issues and Applications 16. Hand Preference, Manual Asymmetry, and Manual Skill, Merrill Hiscock and Lynn Chapieski 17. Constraints in Neuromotor Development, Reint H. Geuze 18. Co-occurrence of Motor Disorders with Other Childhood Disorders, Deborah Dewey, Susan G. Crawford, Brenda N. Wilson, and Bonnie J. Kaplan 19. Psychosocial Functions of Children and Adolescents with Movement Disorders, Motohide Miyahara and Bryant J. Cratty 20. Implications of Movement Difficulties for Social Interaction, Physical Activity, Play, and Sports, Dawne Larkin and Janet Summers 21. Approaches to the Management of Children with Motor Problems, Helene J. Polatajko, Sylvia Rodger, Ameet Dhillon, and Farrah Hirji About the Editors: Deborah Dewey, PhD, is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Investigator and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Calgary. She is also a member of the Behavioural Research Unit at Alberta Childrenbresearch on the neurobehavioral outcomes associated with developmental coordination disorder, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, as well as the developmental outcomes of infants with very low birth weight. Dr. Dewey's research interests also encompass pediatric health psychology issues such as family adjustment to chronic disease and physical activity in preschool-age children. David E. Tupper, PhD, a board-certified neuropsychologist, is Director of the Neuropsychology Section at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and is Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is coauthor or editor of several books,k including Soft Neurological Signs, The Neuropsychology of Everyday Life, and Human Developmental Neuropsychology, and is series editor for the Plenum Series in Russian Neuropsychology. Dr. Tupper's clinical and research interests include neuropsychological aspects of motor disorders in children, cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment, and lifespan developmental neuropsychology. Contributors: Timo Ahonen, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Anna Barnett, PhD, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, UK, and School of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Virginia Berninger, EdD, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Thomas A. Blondis, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Shauna Bottos, BS, Behavioural Research Unit, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Lindsay Bunn, MS, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Marja H. Cantell, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, and Behavioural Research Unit, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Lynn Chapieski, PhD, Blue Bird Clinic for Pediatric Neurology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX Bryant J. Cratty, EdD, Department of Physiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA Susan G. Crawford, MS, Behavioural Research Unit, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Canada Deborah Dewey, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, and Behavioural Research Unit, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Canada Ameet Dhillon, BS, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Digby Elliott, PhD, Department of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Reint H. Geuze, PhD, Department of Psychology, Developmental and Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Farrah Hirji, BS, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Merrill Hiscock, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX Laura Ho, MS, Perceptual-Motor Development Laboratory, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Megan M. Hodge, PhD, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Bonnie J. Kaplan, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary and Behavioural Research Unit, Alberta Children's Hospital, Alberta, Canada Libbe Kooistra, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary and Behavioural Research Unit, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Canada Dawne Larkin, PhD, School of Human Movement and Exercise Science, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia Motohide Miyahara, PhD, School of Physical Education, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Judith M. Peters, MS, Department of Physiotherapy, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and School of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Jan Piek, PhD, School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Thelma Pitcher, PhD, School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia Helene J. Polatajko, PhD, OT, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Kelly Pryde, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Eric A. Roy, PhD, Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Sylvia Rodger, PhD, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Isabel M. Smith, PhD, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology, Dalhousie University and Psychological Services, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Sandra K. Sondell, PhD, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN Janet Summers, PhD (deceased), School of Occupational Therapy, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia David E. Tupper, PhD, Department of Neuropsychology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN and Neurology Department, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN Helena Viholainen, MEd, Department of Special Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Leslie Wellman, MS, Department of Communication Disorders, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Harriet G. Williams, PhD, Perceptual-Motor Development Laboratory, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Brenda N. Wilson, PhD, Behavioural Research Unit, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Canada Peter H. Wilson, PhD, Department of Psychology and Disability Studies, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia |