| Abstract |
It has been found that institutionalized infants aged 6 to 12 months displayed reduced variability of
gross motor development via series assessments (Prommin et al., 2017; 2018). We hypothesized that the
institutionalized infants would have less opportunity to play in upright position such as sitting or standing
(Siritaratiwat et al., 2011). Increasing an opportunity for being upright would help to stimulate variability of
gross motor and other development. Therefore, the current study aimed to explore the intra-variability of
gross motor and language development in orphaned infants after receiving a 3-month playing in upright
position program. Thirteen healthy infants aged from 6 to 8 months, from a children’s home, were recruited.
The Alberta Infants Motor Scale (AIMS) and Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Development
Profile Infant/Toddler Checklist (CSBS DP) were used to assess the intra-variability of gross motor and language
development each month for 3 months. Mostly, orphan infants in this current study showed wide mean value
of the variability of gross motor (42±16.5 percentiles) and language development (36±15.8 percentiles). Infants
from maternal substance abuse and mental illness during pregnancy displayed little variability of gross motor
and language percentile, which was lower than the 50th percentile. The study concludes that play in an
upright position, including free play activity with variation movement and listen to story book in sitting position
improve an intra-variability of gross motor and language development in orphan infants. |
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