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Dyspraxia Symptoms & Signs
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Daisy on 02/05/2010
Our daughter (9) is a very good bike rider, swimmer and climber and has good writing skills (reasonably fast if not terribly neat), is very articulate, an excellent speller, bilingual and loves reading, yet has been found to have severe difficulty with tasks involving spatial awareness (i.e. geometry, copying shapes from memory) as well as non-verbal reasoning and organisation skills. The ed psych, though very reluctant to 'label' her, said she presented in many ways like a child with dyspraxia. Since her difficulties sit so awkwardly with the common description of dyspraxia, your advice how to help a dyspraxic child is of limited use to us. What do you suggest in her case?
Ben on 12/01/2010
If you're child is showing dyspraxia symptoms or sings who is the best person to check out the dyspraxia signs. Also at what age should I be worried about dyspraxia symptoms / signs. I heard that such symptoms of dyspraxia at a young age might be just part of growing up rather than a dyspraxia symptom itself.
About this talk: Professor Amanda Kirby describes they dyspraxia symptoms and signs parents should be looking out for.
About the speaker: Amanda Kirby is Medical Director of the Dyscovery Centre in Cardiff. She is a leading expert in dyspraxia (DCD) and related conditions with several best-selling books on the subject.
Talk Topics - Dyspraxia
Further information about this Talk
The Dyscovery Centre:
For more information and guidance about dyspraxia symptoms and other learning difficulties please visit the Dyscovery Centre's dedicated parent information site: parent+. The Dyscovery Centre assesses, supports and provides guidance to children, families and adults who have dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, behavioural problems and language difficulties.
Further Reading:
Amanda Kirby's recently published books include the following (please click on them to buy from Amazon):
100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils with Dyspraxia and DCD
Mapping SEN: Routes Through Identification to Intervention
Dyspraxia: Developmental Co-ordination Disorder
Key Points Covered in this talk:
Dyspraxia Symtpoms & Signs: The main symptoms and signs of dyspraxia might include getting dressed / changing, cleaning teeth, wiping your bottom, doing shoe laces up, using cutlery (knives and forks at the same time), sitting still (balancing on the chair), carrying your school bag, packing your bag, organising your pencil case, keeping handwriting tidy, keeping up to speed with peers especially when copying from the board, understanding rules of sport and playing sport (team games are particularly hard), finding it harder to keep friends as a secondary result of the condition. If these dyspraxia symptoms and signs are "enduring and pervasive" then a child may have dyspraxia / DCD. If there is a pattern of these problems over a period of time in different settings and children are not learning things broadly in line with their peers there may be a co-ordination difficulty such as dyspraxia / DCD.
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