Curricular Unit:			Code:
Psychomotor Development			881DPSI
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	Master	Physiotherapy (Physiotherapy Maternal-Infantile)	6 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	78
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
(O1) To indeep knowledge about child development; (O2) To identify principles and developmental domains in infancy; (O3) To relate impact and risk factors and their consequences on development; (O4) To distinguish between typical and atypical development; (O5) To identify developmental risk facotrs and intervention strategies (O6) To learn screening instruments application and interpretation; (O7) To recognize behaviors and stages of mother-baby attachment
Syllabus:
(CP1) Development and growing: developmental concepts and principles, development domains and attachment. (CP2) Developmental stages in childhood (infancy and pre-school) (CP3) Normal versus atypical development (alarm signals). (CP4) Child development assessment and stimulation, developmental screening (SGS-II) (CP5) Improving development of children at risk.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
Acquisition and integration of knowledge enabling the framework of Psychomotor Development; Acquisition and development of skills of analysis, synthesis and integration of methods, techniques, concepts and methodologies of psychomotor development assessment
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
One individual work about a case study of PMD (100%)
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Acquisition and integration of knowledge enabling the framework of Psychomotor Development; Acquisition and development of skills of analysis, synthesis and integration of concepts, techniques and methodologies of psychomotor development assessment in applied case studies
Reading:
Bellman, M., Lingam, S., & Aukett, A. (2012). Schedule of Growing Skills II: Escala de avaliação das competências no desenvolvimento infantil II – Dos 0 aos 5 anos – Manual do utilizador (3.ª ed.). Lisboa: CEGOC-TEA. Figueiredo, B. (2007). Massagem ao bebé. Acta Pediatrica Portuguesa, 8(1), 29-38. Fonseca, V. (2006). Desenvolvimento psicomotor e aprendizagem. Nº 8 Payne, G. & Isaacs, L. (2007). Human motor development: A lifespan approach. 6ª ed. Nova York : McGraw-Hill. Willrich, A., Azevedo, C., Fernandes, J. (2009). Desenvolvimento motor na infância: influência dos fatores de risco e programas de intervenção. Revista Neurociências, 17(1), 51-56.