Description: Written by leading experts in motor behavior, this book provides the most recent research examining motor learning, motor development, and motor control directly related to special populations, including physical, cognitive, and social emotional behavioral disabilities.
Review Quotes:
"Disability and Motor Behavior: A Handbook of Research is a fascinating, comprehensive study of individuals with primary and multiple disabilities being educated in our public schools today. This research handbook would be an excellent resource manual for occupational therapists (OT), physical therapists (PT), adapted physical education teachers (APE), general physical education teachers (GPE), and any stakeholder working with individuals with disabilities." --Jay Fischer, California State University, Northridge
"Disability and Motor Behavior: A Handbook of Research compiles current research and expert insights across a myriad of topics that impact understanding, professional development and personnel preparation training. Rarely is a text that offers breadth of content that provides a bridge from research to real-world applications. This fresh perspective will impact faculty/student discussions while providing a beginning framework to engage thoughtful questioning on how individuals with disabilities interact with and navigate the world through movement." --Timothy D. Davis, chair, Adapted Physical Education National Standards and director, Sensory Integration Motor Sensory/Multi-Sensory Environment Lab, SUNY Cortland "Disability and Motor Behavior: A Handbook of Research, edited by Brian and Beach, provides a unique and novel approach to understanding the motor development of different physical and cognitive abilities. The editors recruited multiple expert researchers in the field related to a variety of disabilities and provide readers with cutting edge, thorough research on motor skill abilities. Professional preparation students, graduate students, professors, researchers, and clinicians can benefit from this current, well-researched collection." --Lauren J. Lieberman, distinguished service professor, director of Camp Abilities, Global Fulbright Scholar, and co-director of The Institute of Movement Studies for Individuals with Visual Impairments, SUNY Brockport "This new handbook comprises a series of position statements, each of which summarizes contemporary research and research-based practices relating to a variety of disabilities in which motor impairment is a major feature." --Karl M. Newell, University of Georgia "Disability and Motor Behavior, edited by Drs. Brian and Haibach-Beach, offers a thorough understanding of the myriad impairments, disorders, and disabilities that affect motor behavior across the lifespan. Each chapter provides an empirical overview of the differences in motor learning, control, and development among many categories of disability, as well as analysis of current intervention approaches, future research trends, and practical guidance. There will be great value in this handbook for those working in the kinesiology profession, especially those on the front lines of lifespan development, therapy, or rehabilitation." --Andrew M. Colombo-Dougovito, University of North Texas