This page lists a series of materials concerning hand function in children with and without disabilities.
• Therapists' Hand Skills: Tips for Improving Therapeutic Handling
• Early Hand Development: What Children Need for Future Adult Performance
• The Prehension/vision Connection: Implications for Skill Development
• Climbing to Maturity Hand over Hand

• Erhardt Developmental Prehension Assessment (EDPA)©, designed to measure components of arm and hand development in children of all ages and cognitive levels who have cerebral palsy, multiple disabilities, and developmental delays. It can be used to identify intervention needs, modify programs with ongoing assessment, and provide accountability with retesting.

• Developmental Hand Dysfunction: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, a book which uses three case studies of children with cerebral palsy to describe how to use the assessment. It may be ordered from Pro-Ed, Inc. by phone (800) 897-3202 or e-mail info@proedinc.com.

• Normal Hand Development: Birth to 15 Months (video)
• Administration of the EDPA: The Child with Developmental Disabilities (video)
• Administration of the EDPA: The Adolescent with Developmental Disabilities (video)
• Normal and Atypical Hand Function (video)
• Developmental Prehension Sequence Clusters, a 2 x 3 foot poster, available in color or black and white
• Prehension Stickers and Booklet , 960 drawings of hand grasps that can be applied to evaluation reports and progress notes
• FAQs about hand function
• Therapy During Lifespans of Individuals with Multiple Handicaps (presentation poster)