Dyspraxia

Paper Summary:

The paper explains that dyspraxia is an impairment in the ability to perform deliberate movements. The paper stresses that it is not caused by any defect in sensory or motor functions. The paper explains that a child with dyspraxia is unable to respond promptly or immediately to information received from the environment. The paper enumerates specific strategies that could prove helpful in realistically encouraging children and adults suffering from dyspraxia, which includes giving honest acknowledgements of difficulties and challenges and stressing that problems do not stem from lack of abilities or motivations. When individuals know someone needs support, they are more likely to support them. The paper presents techniques that help, such as allocating additional time to complete tasks and praising efforts rather than focusing on shortcomings related to achievements.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Diagnosis: Dyspraxia
II. Dyspraxia is Not
III. Development Determinations
IV. Counters but No Cure
V. Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The term "clumsy child syndrome" was coined in 1975 describing children with normal intelligence, without identifiable neurological or medical conditions, experiencing coordination problems that interfered with academic performance and/or socialization. Currently, however, "clumsy child syndrome" is regularly identified as ". . . "developmental coordination disorder" (DCD), essentially a recapitulation of Gubbay's diagnostic criteria, that is formalized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3d ed. (DSM-III) (4) and revised in the fourth edition (DSM-IV)." (Ibid)"

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