PEDIATRICS 207 - EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION TO DEVELOP HAND SKILLS

Course overview

* Describe the typical development of hand skills in children * Identify factors that contribute to typical or atypical development of hand skills * Explain the implications of hand skill problems for children’s occupational performance, in the areas of play, ADL, school performance * Describe typical problems with children’s development of hand skills * Identify evaluation tools and methods useful in assessing hand skills in children * Describe intervention approaches and strategies to assist children in improving or compensating for problems with hand skills.