Psychomotor development children and youth

Course pre-requisite(s): Basics Developmental Psychology, Functional anatomy

Course Overview

A view of the psychomotor development of a child from birth to 6 years of life based on the basic principles of muscle chains, which are formed during the first year of a child's life in the erecting process. Diagnosis of deviations from psychomotor development in children under one and three to six years and olders.

Concepts built on the theories of Professor Kolar and MUDr. Misek

Practical exercises in the three-month position lying on the back, involvement of the diaphragm in the respiratory cycle

Three-month position on the back and three-month position on the stomach

Model 7.5 months in an slant sitting position

Tripod

Bear

Squat

Sit down

verticalization series

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students will be able to describe the rules of psychomotor development of a child from birth to six years. Students must master practical exercises based on three-month development cycles in the process of uprichting during the first year of life and apply them to children of different ages.

Students will be able to describe the involvement of individual muscle chains in the movement pattern of walking in different age categories

Course Content

Psychomotor development of a child from birth to 6 years – theoretical aspects

Basic principles of muscle chains, which are formed during the first year of a child's life in the erecting process

Diagnostic methods in psychomotor development

Exercises in the gym

Practical exercises in the three-month position lying on the back, involvement of the diaphragm in the respiratory cycle

Three-month position on the back and three-month position on the stomach

Model 7.5 months in an slant sitting position

Tripod

Bear

Squat

Sit down

Verticalization series

Instructional Method

Lectures, seminar, practical seminar, seminar work on a given topic

Required Course Materials

Data projector, gym

Assessment

Colloquium, Final seminar paper. Practical mastery of exercises in three-month development stages.