Rehabilitation Sciences 3760A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Synaptic Plasticity, Umbrella Term, Physical Therapy
2 Apr 2018
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Includes the underlying processes and strategies for these changes: stages of development, prenatal - before birth. Early childhood - 2-6 years: middle childhood - 6-11 years, adolescence - transition to adulthood, balance of nature and nature changes depending on the stage of development, how does development happen, growth. 5th percentile means less likely to do something or compared to everyone else their lower. 95th percentile you aren"t worried: clinical expertise, healthy developed kids are resilient, resilience, children are able to withstand many stressors. Timing, other risk factors, genetics, environmental factors, etc: we are learning more and more about this! Infants can be classi ed along a continuum of health: Spectrum of health: healthy (within normal limits of a given outcome, at risk or vulnerable in the middle of the arrow they re at risk. Some people born premature do well while other born healthy don"t: disability or disorder, high level of functioning/low level of disability, moderate level of functioning.
