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Prenatal (before birth)
- Responds first to tactile stimuli
- Reflex development
- Innate tactile, prop and vestibular reactions
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Neonatal (birth to 1 month)
- Vestibular system is fully developed
- Auditory and Tactile are immature, but developing in response to the environment (mother's face, voices and sounds)
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1 month-6 months
- Proprioceptive, Visual and Vestibular systems become more integrated
- Child is reaching out to grab objects and integrating Visual and Tactile
- Movement patterns beginning to change from reflexive to voluntary/goal-oriented
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6 months-12 months
- Crossing Midline (9-12 months)
- Auditory, Tactile and Proprioception are heightened
- Gusatory and Olfactory and other senses are integrated and promote self-feeding.
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1 year- 2 years
- Tactile system improves, allowing for more precise discrimination and localization to refine fine motor skills
- Motor Planning through integration of all systems!
- Symbolic gesturing and vocalizations
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2 years- 3 years
- Refinement of systems --> improved balance and postural control!
- Increased fine motor skills
- Increased motor planning and praxis ideation
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3 years- 7 years
Child challenges sensorimotor systems through play, music, dance, school tasks
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