Introduction: why bother about postural control? / Mijna Hadders-Algra and Eva Brogren Carlberg -- What is posture and how is it controlled? / Mark Latash and Mijna Hadders-Algra -- Development of postural control / Mijna Hadders-Algra -- Postural control in sitting children with cerebral palsy / Eva Brogren Carlberg and Mijna Hadders-Algra -- Postural control in standing and walking in children with cerebral palsy / Marjorie Hines Woollacott and Paolo Crenna -- Postural control in children with down syndrome / Naznin Virji-Babul and Mark L. Latash -- Postural control in children with Angelman syndrome and Rett syndrome / Bernard Dan and Guy Cheron -- Postural control in children with myelomeningocele / Simone Norrlin and Birgit Rösblad -- Postural control in children with muscle disease / Eugenio Mercuri, Maria Kinali and Marion Main -- Postural control in children born preterm / Bjørg Fallang and Doreen Bartlett -- Postural control in children with developmental coordination disorder /Reint H. Geuze and Peter H. Wilson -- Postural control in children with autism spectrum disorder / Christian Schmitz and Christine Assaiante -- Management and treatment of postural dysfunction in children with cerebral palsy / Eva Brogren Carlberg and Eva Bower -- Management of postural dysfunction in children with minor developmental disorders / Marina M. Schoemaker and Mijna Hadders-Algra