IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN WITH NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT1 1Delivered at the XIII Biennial Congress of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, Brisbane, August, 1973.

During foetal life, at birth and in the first few post-natal months, the brain is particularly vulnerable to damage. It is at this time that there is rapid development of the central nervous system, a merging of early primitive responses with more complex and later, highly integrated and adaptive responses, and the development of purposeful physical activities