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Yang, Yang; Zuo, Zhentao; Tam, Fred; Graham, Simon J.; Li, Junjun; Ji, Yuzhu; Meng, Zelong; Gu, Chanyuan; Bi, Hong-Yan; Ou, Jian; Xu, Min – Developmental Science, 2022
Abundant behavioral studies have demonstrated high comorbidity of reading and handwriting difficulties in developmental dyslexia (DD), a neurological condition characterized by unexpectedly low reading ability despite adequate nonverbal intelligence and typical schooling. The neural correlates of handwriting deficits remain largely unknown;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Brain, Cognitive Processes, Handwriting
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Jongmans, Marian J.; Smits-Engelsman, Bouwien C. M.; Schoemaker, Marina M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
This study examined consequences of the comorbidity of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and learning disability (LD) for the severity and pattern of perceptual-motor dysfunction. Compared to children with only DCD, those with DCD and LD had poorer perceptual-motor ability, with particular difficulty performing manual dexterity and balance…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities
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Schneekloth, L. H. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1989
The study compared the motor activities and environmental interactions of sighted and visually impaired children (N=36), ages 7-13. Analysis suggested that some developmental delays in visually impaired children may result from lack of gross motor interactions with the environment. Implications for the design of play environments and personnel…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Stages, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Education
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Sigman, Marian; Ungerer, Judy A. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Attempts to identify deficits in object knowledge specific to the autistic syndrome. Examines the correspondence between sensorimotor and play behaviors and language in mentally retarded and normal children. Determines whether these correspondences are different for autistic, mentally retarded, and normal children.(Author/AS)
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Disabilities
Losche, Gisela – 1987
Home movies of eight normal children and eight children later diagnosed as autistic were analyzed based on: (1) Piagetian criteria of sensorimotor development and semiotic functioning, and (2) developmental levels of action competencies. The age range covered was 4 to 42 months of age. The analysis showed that, from the second year of life, timing…
Descriptors: Autism, Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Continuity
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Schaaf, Roseann C.; And Others – Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 1987
This case study describes a developmentally delayed 4-year-old and examines behavioral changes that occurred in occupational therapy using sensory integration (SI) techniques. The use of play observation to measure change following SI treatment is discussed, and the relevance of qualitative methodologies to collecting data on play is demonstrated.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Data Collection, Developmental Disabilities