Infant Motor Development Milestones: Prone, Supine, Grasp, Perception

Newborn

Prone: Asymmetric posture. EESS loop. Pelvis in anteversion. Head rotation grazing the surface. Center of gravity towards the skull.

Supine: Alternating kicking. Trunk postural asymmetry with facial convexity. Swollen abdomen.

Grasp: Evident palmar grasp reflex. Hands remain predominantly closed.

Perception: Reacts with aversion to intense light and sound stimuli.

4-6 Weeks

Supine: Release of the thumb to stare. Component driving optical orientation egrimista position.

Grasp: Transition phase:

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Effective ICT Integration and Multimedia Use in Education

Teaching Skills: Integrating ICT in the Classroom

  • Effective use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in classroom planning and activities.
  • Diverse methods of working with ICTs across different subjects and grade levels.
  • Selecting and evaluating technology resources.
  • Utilizing networks for information and professional development for teachers.

Objectives of Using Television in Education

  • Understanding how television works and conveys messages.
  • Developing students’ comprehension of television
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Sports Classification: Cooperation and Opposition in Athletics

Sports Classification: Cooperation and Opposition

Sports Without Cooperation and Without Opposition

In this category, athletes do not directly face an adversary. They may try to achieve the best mark in their sport to beat other athletes, but it’s not about direct competition. For example, in ski mountaineering, an athlete competes against themself or against a previous mark.

Sports Without Cooperation but With Opposition

Here, athletes practice by directly confronting an opponent. Examples include

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Neurological Exam: Mental State, Language, Cranial Nerves

Neurological Examination

1. Mental State

  • a) Normal: The patient is alert, provides good answers, and demonstrates appropriate temporospatial orientation.
  • b) Obtundation: A lesser degree of commitment is observed. The patient remains alert but exhibits difficulty in spatiotemporal orientation. There may be confusion, delirium, and thought process alterations.
  • c) Drowsiness: Decreased alertness is noted, with a tendency to fall asleep. Dysfunction in the reticular formation (superficial, medium, deep)
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Physical Education: Movement, Fitness, and Training

Movement

Movement is a fundamental characteristic of living matter. Movement highlights the potential of the body and allows you to interact with the environment in an extremely complex, flexible, and functional way. Education programs provide education on the main nonverbal languages: music, image, and movement of the body. To educate and enrich the means to promote development of the individual; motor education, that is, education of movement, is an essential part of this general work. Motor education

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Adapted Physical Activity: Terminology, History, and Legal Framework

Item 1: Terminology and Historical Evolution of Adapted Physical Activity (AFA)

Index

  • Evolution of Terminology
  • Special Education
  • Special Physical Education
  • Adapted Physical Education
  • Inclusive Physical Education
  • Adapted Physical Activities
  • Legislative Framework of Reference
  • References and Resources

Special Education

Educational activities designed for those individuals who, by their specific deficiencies or difficulties, cannot fully adapt to the levels, degrees, and forms of education, training, and education

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