Fine Motor Skills For Children With Down Syndrome (Third Edition)

The author, an occupational therapist who has worked extensively with children with Down syndrome, is also the parent of a teenager with Down syndrome. She offers parents and professionals dozens of easy, home-and school-based activities, illustrated with black and white photos, which help children gradually acquire the skills they need for fine motor development. Readers learn how to incorporate work on fine motor skills into everyday activities and routines and to emphasize tasks that children can use throughout life – play, self-help, printing, cutting with scissors, and computer use.