Infant posture and caregiver‐provided cognitive opportunities in typically developing infants and infants with motor delay

• DOI: 10.1002/dev.22233
• Publication Date: 2022-01-09T06:08:33Z
• Authors: Kari S. Kretch; Natalie A. Koziol; Emily C. Marcinowski; Audrey E. Kane; Ketaki Inamdar; Elena Donoso Brown; James A. Bovaird; Regina T. Harbourne; Lin‐Ya Hsu; Michele A. Lobo; Stacey C. Dusing
• Keywords: Sitting; Supine position; Affect; Gross motor skill; Typically developing; Child Development

Infants' developing motor skills-including mastery of new postures such as sitting and standing-affect opportunities for learning that facilitate cognitive development. But how infant posture affects caregiver behavior is largely unexplored. Moreover, we know little about effects on in infants with delay. This study asked typical development significant delay use various during play, whether related real time to caregiver-provided opportunities. Infants were videotaped five times over the course a year free play session caregiver, starting when they demonstrated initial skills. Posture coded moment-by-moment assess duration temporal overlap. We found displayed similar initially, but more mature time. also both groups infants, caregivers most likely provide independently, least supine. Our findings highlight importance upright atypical suggest potential areas intervention