Fine Motor Skills

Milestones

0-4 months Unfisted
2-5 months Bats at objects
3-6 months Objects to midline
4-7 months Transfers objects
5-10 months Raking grasp
Finger feeds
6-10 months Primitive pincer
7-10 months Neat pincer
10-15 months Voluntary release
10-16 months Helps with dressing
10-18 months Uses cup open/sippy
12-18 months Spoon feeds
14-24 months Imitates housework
18-30 months Handedness
22-30 months Helps with undressing
30-40 months Undresses self
24-36 months Toilet training


If you feel that your child is significantly delayed in several milestones, please consult your pediatrician or contact the Center for Autism.
   
Center for Autism Grand Rounds --- 2012 Lunch Lecture Series
5/9/2012

Friday, June 1st
Applied Behavior Analysis for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Elyse Wiseman, BCBA, Hope Network

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Hope Network Education Center

Grand Rounds is a new series of professional lunchtime lectures covering a variety of topics relating to autism spectrum disorders and other neurodevelopmental conditions, including ABA, Speech and Language Pathology, and supporting children and adults with autism. Lectures are free of charge and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to bring their lunch. Following each lecture, there will be an opportunity for questions and answers.


All lectures are from 12:00-1:00 p.m. at the Hope Network Education Center, 775 36th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI.
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Michigan Partners for Freedom | Free Self-Determination Seminar
5/1/2012
If you have a disability and want to get more control of your life, your support, and your services, then join the Michigan Partners for Freedom on May 9, 2012 from 9:30 - 2:30 pm at Hope Network Education Center in Grand Rapids. Lunch included!
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Hope Network strives to bridge gap in services to people with mental illness
4/25/2012
WGVU  |  Hope Network is a non-profit Christian organization well known in Michigan for providing a broad continuum of care in the treatment of brain and spinal cord injuries, developmental disabilities, and mental illness. WGVU’s Caroline MacGregor reports on the organization’s efforts to streamline services and address the alarming mortality rate among people with mental health disabilities.