Effectiveness of the Test of Infant Motor Performance as an Educational Tool for Mothers.

Goldstein, Lou Ann; Campbell, Suzann K.

This study intends to determine whether the Test of Infant Motor Performance (TIMP) could be used as an educational tool for mothers; if learning is dependent on the format used or the tester; and if mothers could retain information provided on motor development of infants born prematurely over a short period of time.

It concludes that he TIMP is effective for educating mothers about infant motor development.

Pediatric Physical Therapy. 20(2):152-159, Summer 2008.

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