2 JUNE 2024
Babies Move Too:
Understanding and Addressing Praxis in Infants
The seminar "Babies Move Too: Understanding and Addressing Praxis in Infants” refers to the development of practical skills in children during their first eight years of life. In particular, the foundations and infrastructure of practical skills are developed in the first two years. Sensory processing, support mechanisms, developing reflexes, experimenting in play and more contribute to the development of an infant's imagination and motor skills. This course will review the foundations of infant development of agency, discuss key observations of potential challenges to agency development, and provide keys to intervention with infants during their first two years of life.
The seminar "Babies Move Too: Understanding and Addressing Praxis in Infants” will use lectures, case studies and reviewed videos. Sufficient time will be provided for questions from participants. The aim is to achieve the following learning objectives by the end of the course:
- Description of the sensory and motor bases of action in children two years of age and younger.
- Recognizing early signs of potential challenges in infant performance.
- Description of intervention strategies to promote the development of action skills in infants.
Duration: 6 hours
Level: Introductory
Audience:
- Occupational therapists
- Speech therapists
- Occupational therapy assistants
- Physiotherapists
- Early trainers
The seminar is provided with simultaneous interpretation in Greek
2:00 - 2:30 PM Eastern European Time (EET)
Enter ZOOM
2:30 - 4:00 PM Eastern European Time (EET)
Teresa A. May-Benson
Developmental sensorimotor foundations of action
4:00 - 4:15 PM Eastern European Time (EET)
Break
4:15 - 5:45 PM Eastern European Time (EET)
Teresa A. May-Benson
Early exploration, play and practice
