Measurement for curriculum building for multiply handicapped children.
Quantitative longitudinal tracking of objectively defined motor behaviors can be used with severely multiply handicapped infants and children to develop treatment curricula and assess the changes occurring as a result of stimulation programs. The frequency or duration of clearly defined motor behaviors can be observed and recorded by parents or teachers with therapists periodically observing for reliability. We have found that this recording technique can effectively be used to 1) establish a baseline of motor behaviors, 2) detect small changes in a slowly developing behavior, and 3) assist in development of finely sequential treatment curricula.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003479:Curriculum; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D009129:Muscle Tonus; D011996:Records; D012018:Reflex; D012677:Sensation; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014785:Vision, Ocular