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Gross Motor Skills in Children With Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
by Patricia C. Winders, PT, 236 pp, with black & white illus,
$16.95, ISBN 0-933149-81-6 (paperback), Bethesda, Md, Woodbine House Inc,
1997.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2001;155:206-207.
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Patricia Winders provides a true service to parents of children with
Down syndrome, their pediatricians, and their early childhood teachers and
therapists. She compiles her 16 years of experience with ample photographs,
easy-to-read explanations, and checklists to provide activities and information
to assist parents in following and facilitating motor development from birth
to age 6 years. She gently conveys care, understanding, and support for each
child and family.
Winders first explains the hypotonia, the increased flexibility in joints,
the decreased strength, and the short arms and legs that make motor development
a challenge for children with Down syndrome. Then she describes a variety
of motivators such as toys, vocal imitation, turn-taking, and songs. Winders
stresses careful timing for the introduction of new activities to decrease
frustration and increase the sense of success, and she describes how to provide
"strategically targeted support" in working on motor skills. She empowers
parents: "When . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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