Informing early intervention through an occupational science description of infant-toddler interactions with home space

• Published in: The American journal of occupational therapy Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 273 - 287
• Main Authors: Pierce, Doris, Munier, Veronique, Myers, Christine Teeters
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Occupational Therapy Association 01.05.2009; American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc
• Subjects: Attitudes; Babies; Child Development; Children & youth; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Early intervention; Early Intervention (Education); Early intervention programmes; Families & family life; Female; Grounded theory; Health aspects; Home environment; Humans; Infant; Infant Behavior - physiology; Infant Behavior - psychology; Infants; Locomotion - physiology; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Motor ability; Occupational therapists; Occupational Therapy; Occupations; Physiological aspects; Play and Playthings - psychology; Practice; Psychological aspects; Services; Skill development; Skills; Social Environment; Spatial Behavior - physiology; Substantive theory; Therapists; Thinking Skills; Toddlers; Young Children; United States

The study provides a substantive description of infant and toddler play with everyday objects and independent negotiation of home space. A grounded theory approach was used to study 18 typically developing children longitudinally from ages 1 to 18 months. Data from 133 home visits included videotape...