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SHOW ME YOUR SKILLS, BABY! Newborn Assessment Janelle Myers, OTRL 2016 OBJECTIVES Identify typical development patterns Identify atypical development patterns and indications for referral to early intervention services Common


  1. SHOW ME YOUR SKILLS, BABY! Newborn Assessment Janelle Myers, OTRL 2016

  2. OBJECTIVES • Identify typical development patterns • Identify atypical development patterns and indications for referral to early intervention services • Common deficits • Subtle deficits • Affect of preterm birth on development • Learn about assessment tools for infants less than 4 months old

  3. NEWBORN ASSESSMENT • Start with information gathering • VERY important development happens well before birth • What systems have possibly been affected

  4. PRENATAL AND BIRTH HISTORY • Prenatal care and prenatal events • Mother’s history • Birth events • Type of delivery • Percentiles of height, weight and length • APGARS

  5. APGAR • initial physical assessment performed by delivery room staff Optimal Score of 0 Score of 1 Score of 2 Score blue at extremities no cyanosis Color blue or pale all over body pink 2 body and extremities pink (acrocyanosis) Heart Rate absent < 100 beats per minute > 100 beats per minute 2 no response to grimace on suction or Activity cry on stimulation 2 stimulation aggressive stimulation flexed arms and legs that Muscle Tone none some flexion 2 resist extension Breathing absent weak, irregular, gasping strong, lusty cry 2

  6. TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT • A good knowledge of typical development is important • Helps to identify variances • Typical development is the blueprint for therapy • Design therapy approaches according to stage of development not age • Nature’s building blocks

  7. TYPICAL NEWBORN DEVELOPMENT • Reflexes that should be present – extensor thrust, flexion withdrawal, ATNR, plantar and palmar grasp, head righting, Moro, head lag, rooting, sucking • Motor - physiologic flexion is very important for postural stability, head turning on surface, smooth movement, very minimal isolated motor movements

  8. TYPICAL NEWBORN DEVELOPMENT • State- smooth and predictable state • Feeding is based on reflexive activity: transitions, brief social interactions, strong rooting and sucking, gag is also present robust, cyclical cry for protection

  9. ONE TO TWO MONTHS • Reflexes – All still present have not integrated yet • Motor – • relatively hypotonic due to decreased physiologic flexion and increased muscle elongation • Limited anti-gravity control • hip and knee extension, lifts head in prone 45 degrees, rotation of head, using trunk against surface for stability, begins asymmetrical flexion

  10. ONE TO TWO MONTHS • State- increased periods of awake state, able to attend visually with tracking skills from periphery to midline, regards hand in ATNR • Feeding - Suck Swallow Breath coordination should be fully established • Tightly fisted hands at birth begin to open up

  11. ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENT • Orthopedic • Club foot • Surgical and treatment specialists for correction @ U of M (734) 936-5780 (ortho department) • Shoulder Dystocia / Brachial Plexus Injury • Acute phase – Pediatric Brachial Plexus Program @ U of M (734)936-5017 • Cleft lip / palate • Syndromes • Plagiocephaly

  12. ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED • Plagiocephaly and Torticollis

  13. ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENT • Hypotonia • Quality of Movement

  14. • 41 weeks 1 day • 44 weeks at time of video • APGARS 9, 9 • Pneumonia • Meconium Aspiration • PPHN (persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn)

  15. ATYPICAL DEVELOPMENT • Rigidity (especially among babies of neonatal abstinence syndrome or neurologic disorders) • Poor tolerance for touch and movement- touch is a primal source for comfort and security.

  16. RIGIDITY • Born at 31 weeks • Twin A • APGARS 7, 9 • Intubated • 9 weeks old at video (39 weeks 6 days) • Poor feeding • Often fussy and irritable

  17. Retraction & elevation of shoulders Extension of extremities Sensitive to touch Poor smooth movements

  18. PREEMIE VS FULLTERM • Corrected age consideration until 2 years old • Weakness in trunk / central hypotonia • Preferences for extension • Sensory processing difficulties • All or None movements: • “my baby likes to stand” • How are they rolling? • Butt up or down in prone?

  19. ASSESSMENT • Stress Cues and Behavioral State from NIDCAP (Newborn Individualized Care and Assessment Plan) • Autonomic System • Motor • State • Attention

  20. ASSESSMENTS • Hammersmith Neurological Assessment of the Preterm and Full- Tem Newborn Infant • Suitable for repeat examinations • To detect deviations in neurological signs • Administer in less than 15 minutes

  21. SCORING

  22. ASSESSMENTS CONTINUED • TIMP – Test of Infant Motor Performance • 34 weeks postconceptual age and 4 months post term

  23. ASSESSMENTS CONTINUED • Bayley Scales of Infant Development • 1 – 42 months • 30 – 90 minutes to administer

  24. INTERVENTION • Massage • Trigger point release • Sensorimotor inputs • Therapeutic handling • Calming supports

  25. Treatment

  26. Before After

  27. Before After

  28. WHY EARLY INTERVENTION? • Identification of deficits before milestones are missed! • A certain level of readiness is necessary for the acquisition of motor skill

  29. REFERENCES • Vergara, E. R. & Bigsby, R.(2004) Developmental & Therapeutic Interventions in the NICU. Paul H. Brooks Publishing Co. • Brazelton, T. B. (2006) Touchpoints Birth to 3. Second Edition. Da Capo Press • Payne, V.G. & Isaacs, L. D. (2011) Human Motor Development: A Lifespan Approach. Eigth Edition. Mayfield Publishing Company • Dubowitz, L., Dubowitz, V., & Mercuri, E. (1999) The Neurological Assessment of the Preterm & Full- Term Newborn Infant. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press • Als, H. (1982). Toward a snyactive theory of development: promise for the assessment and support of infant individuality. Infant Mental Health Journal, 3 , 229-243. • Alexander, R. Boehme, R. & Cupps, B. (1993) Normal Development of Functional Motor Skills: The First Year of Life. Tucson, Arizona. Therapy Skill Builders. • Ayers, A.J. (2005) Sensory Integration and the Child: Understanding Hidden Sensory Challenges . Western Psychological Services.

  30. JANELLE MYERS, OTRL JMYERS@CHS-MI.COM

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