Mijna Hadders-Algra (1956; MD, PhD) is professor of Developmental Neurology. Her research focuses on 1) early detection of developmental disabilities, 2) early intervention, 3) significance of minor neurological dysfunction (MND) in children with DCD, learning- and behavioural disorders, 4) pathophysiology of motor impairment in children with cerebral palsy or DCD. She is (co)author of >250 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and invited author of many chapters in handbooks in the field of developmental paediatrics. She frequently lectures and teaches across the world.

Author Appointments vii

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Video Captions xiii

Part 1: Introduction 1

1 Introduction 3
Mijna Hadders-Algra

2 Early Diagnosis and Early Intervention in the Clinic 9
Leena Haataji

Part 2: Developmental Neurology 23

3 Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms in Early Life 25
Mijna Hadders-Algra

Part 3: Typical Motor Development 39

4 Sensory, Language, Cognitive and Socio-Economic Development 41
Hayley C Leonard

5 Motor Development During Foetal Life and Early Infancy 58
Mijna Hadders-Algra

6 Motor Development Between 3 Months and 2 Years 70
Mijna Hadders-Algra

Part 4: Atypical Motor Development 97

7 Atypical Motor Development of the Foetus and Young Infant 89
Mijna Hadders-Algra

8 Atypical Motor Development Between 3 Months and 2 Years 99
Mijna Hadders-Algra and Lindsay Pennington

Part 5: Diagnostics: Assessment of Neuromotor Conditions In Early Childhood 113

9 Psychometric Properties of Standardized Tests 115
Barbara Sargent

10 Assessments in the Neonatal Period and Early Infancy 124
Alicia Jane Spittle and Mijna Hadders-Algra

11 Assessment of Infants and Toddlers 144
Annette Majnemer, Laurie Snider and Mijna Hadders-Algra

Part 6: Early Intervention 171

12 Early Intervention: What About the Family? 173
Peter Rosenbaum, Monika Novak-Pavlic, Schirin Akhbari Ziegler and Mijna Hadders-Algra

13 Early Intervention in the Neonatal Period 185
Mijna Hadders-Algra

14 Early Intervention in the First 2 Years Post-Term 198
Mijna Hadders-Algra

15 Environmental Adaptations 228
Gunilla Thunberg, Roslyn Livingstone, Margaret Buchholz and Debra Field

16 Concluding Remarks 242
Mijna Hadders-Algra

Index 247