I would like to add my appreciation of Esther's balanced and insightful responses to posts on this site.

I recently attended a 2 day course where prof Hadders-Algra presented her research - very interesting. Her thinking is very influenced by her own research with all it biases - one of these being that she is a neurologist and has a deficit view of any developmental anomaly. She also very easily puts down Esther Thelen's dynamic systems approach to the understanding of development which in fact has been a great influence on the thinking of many other researchers including physical therapists such as Beverley Ulrich and Cole Galloway. Karen Adolph's work is also an inspiration, as is that of Claus von Hofsten.
See An action perspective on motor development and control - bibliography | skillsforaction.com

Like Gcoe my own thinking has been deeply influenced by Esther Thelen's work, and those who have followed her and this influence threads through all my opinions freely expressed at About skillsforaction.com | skillsforaction.com!


Pam