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Once a child’s hand comes in contact with an object, he or she must coordinate normal (grip) and frictional (load) forces to grasp and lift an object.  Adults coordinate these forces , whereas infants and young children coordinate them .

In a typically developing child, by what age are joint torque and propulsion patterns considered to be similar to adult patterns? 

An 8-month-old infant is currently sitting independently and crawling. You would expect their next progression in locomotion to be and their next progression of transitions to be .  

Match the scenarios that identify the best generalization of each intervention. 

The infant you are working with can sit independently, transition from sitting to prone, and creep short distances. For each skill described, select the best answer that represents the milestones the child most likely met just before achieving the current ability level.

If this reflex is strongly retained too long, what motor milestones may be delayed?  

The most appropriate practice schedule is .

When working with a patient who’s experienced complex trauma in their past, you decide to adopt a trauma-informed care perspective during your treatments using the Four Rs of Trauma-Informed Care as a framework. What are the four Rs?

Cultures may swaddle their babies differently. Using the picture provided which technique may be more conducive to the baby’s development? 

What is true regarding reflexes and the dynamic systems approach?