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1
Q

Criterion or norm-referenced?

A

Norm

2
Q

Evaluates what?

A

Changes over time

3
Q

Best taken for child during what time period?

A

After 4 months

4
Q

Scores are valid until?*

A

14 months

5
Q

AIMS for infants with…

A

premature or slow or immature motor development but with essentially
normal patterns of movement

6
Q

AIMS NOT for…

A

infants diagnosed with severe motor disorder involving

atypical motor patterns (cerebral palsy, spinal bifida)

7
Q

How to observe baby

A
  • Naked baby (see skin folds or asymmetry)

* Optimal state

8
Q

Prompting baby is… handling baby is…

A

ok, not okay

9
Q

For full term children, if

result beneath 5th %

A

look at norms for pre-term infants

10
Q

full term children if

result beneath 25%

A

should be further monitored, probably need

intervention