Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Theory Construction -- Chapter 2: Theory of Saptiotemporal Adaptation -- Chapter 3: Highlights of Nervous System Development and Function -- Chapter 4: Strategies for Developmental and Purposeful Sequences -- Chapter 5: Developmental Sequences -- Chapter 6: Developmental Sequences to Stand -- Chapter 7: Purposeful Sequences and the Acquisition of Skilled Performance -- Chapter 8: Spatiotemporal Distress and Dysfunction -- Chapter 9: Relationship of Theory and Practice -- Chapter 10: A Theory for Occupational -- Glossary -- Index