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Infants Infants Example 1 Kauner is six months old and one of his objectives is to develop age appropriate gross motor skills. In this example, Kauner is with a physical therapist and his mother during an informal assessment to see if he needs therapy. The therapist used full physical help to pull Kauner into a sitting position. She gradually decreased to partial physical help as he became more stable. Click here see a video of this example Infants Example 2 In the next example, the therapist created a teaching opportunity using the limited access technique and placed a toy that Kauner wanted out of his reach. This created an opportunity for him to practice rolling as he tried to reach the toy. Kauner does not have complete strength in his arms so rolling over is difficult for him. Full physical help was used to guide and support his body as he rolled. Click here see a video of this example Infants Example 3 In the final example, the therapist created another teaching opportunity using access by placing a toy that Kauner was interested in on his feet. This encouraged him to work on stretching, reaching, and bringing his hands to the middle of his body. This type of activity could easily take place during diapering, bathing or dressing. Click here see a video of this example Time to Stop and Think Can you identify the characteristics of infants? Can you describe how intervention strategies were used in the examples? If you would like to increase your understanding of help strategies for infants, you can review the following activities: SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES Write down one or two ways that you could use intervention strategies described in the first three sections with your infant child. Each written example below describes a child and objective. Can you identify which intervention strategies could be used with the infants in these situations? 1. Jacob is 8 months old and very quiet in terms of physical and social activity. He does some babbling and does not appear to have a hearing impairment. His family and the other intervention team members would like to encourage more interaction with people and objects and have written an IFSP objective accordingly. 2. Trine has cerebral palsy and does not use her right arm, leg, and hand very much. She likes juice and has an adapted cup, though her parents hold it when she drinks from it. The early intervention team agrees that an objective should be to encourage her to use the right side of her body as much as possible. |