Online Continuing Education Courses

Motor Development

• Define the life span concept of development
• Compare and contrast the relationship of cognition and motivation to motor development
• Identify important motor accomplishments of the first 3 years of life
• Describe the acquisition and refinement of fundamental movement patterns during childhood
• Explain age-related changes in functional movement patterns across the life span
• Differentiate how age-related systems changes affect posture, balance, and gait in older adults