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Center for Motor Behavior & Pediatric Disabilities

Parent Information

Motor Behavior Goals and Objectives:
Infancy

Infancy (first 4-24 months)

  • Goal 1: To improve head control in multiple postures.
    • Objective 1: My child will be able to consistently demonstrate stable head control when held upright in my arms when I move about the room.
    • Objective 2: When lying on their stomach, my child will be able to consistently lift their head off the floor and demonstrate stable head control.
    • Objective 3: When lying on their stomach, my child can lift their head and chest off the floor while supporting their weight on their arms.
  • Goal 2: To demonstrate the ability to sit independently and interact with the environment.
    • Objective 1: When given support to my child's back, my child will maintain a sitting posture for 60 seconds holding their head in midline (head does not lean to one side but is straight).
    • Objective 2: When placed in a sitting position my child will sit without support for 60 seconds using their hands for support.
    • Objective 3: My child will sit independently and be able to reach a toy placed to their right and left side and maintain an upright sitting position.
    • Objective 4: From a lying position, my child will be able to move into a seated position.
  • Goal 3: To demonstrate forward locomotion.
    • Objective 1: My child rolls from their back to their stomach and from their stomach to their back.
    • Objective 2: My child is able to crawl forward while lying on their stomach (increase the distance over time).
    • Objective 3: My child is able to move forward on hands and knees (creeping).
    • Objective 4: When my child is placed and supported in a standing position they will support their own weight for more than 30 seconds (increase time as child develops).
    • Objective 5: My child is able to pull to a standing position.
    • Objective 6: My child is able to cruise while holding onto furniture.
    • Objective 7: My child walks while holding onto an adult's hands.
    • Objective 8: My child is able to walk independently for 3 or more steps.
    • Objective 9: My child walks and negotiates their environment.
    • Objective 10: My child walks up and down stairs while holding onto rail and an adult's hand.
    • Objective 11: My child walks fast without falling on different surfaces.
    • Objective 12: My child stops locomotion and sits down when requested.
  • Goal 4: To demonstrate the ability to reach, grasp and release objects in the environment.
    • Objective 1: My child freely moves the hands and arms in daily activity.
    • Objective 2: My child is able to swipe at stimulating objects that are presented at chest level.
    • Objective 3: My child is able to consistently reach and make contact with stimulating objects positioned at chest level.
    • Objective 4: When sitting on my lap at a table positioned below chest level my child is able to reach and grasp hand-size objects with either hand.
    • Objective 5: When supported in a sitting posture with a table positioned below chest level my child is able to reach and grasp hand-size objects with the thumb and first two fingers.
    • Objective 6: When positioned in a sitting posture, my child is able to reach, secure, and place a piece of cereal in their mouth.
    • Objective 7: When in a seated posture, my child is able to secure and throw objects.

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Center for Motor Behavior & Pediatric Disabilities
401 Washtenaw Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2214
(734)936-2607, Fax (734)936-1925
cmbpd@umich.edu

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