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Movement Difficulties Affect Children's Learning: An Overview of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
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Caçola, Priscila – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
The study of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) has emerged as a vibrant line of inquiry over the last three decades. DCD is defined as a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by poor motor proficiency that interferes with a child's activities of daily living (sometimes also known as dyspraxia). Common symptoms include…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Psychomotor Skills, Neurological Impairments, Physical Disabilities
Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities: What Does the Research Say?
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Coben, Sharon S.; Vaughn, Sharon – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1994
A review of the literature on gifted students with learning disabilities concludes that the literature is presently unable to provide empirically based guidelines for identifying and serving children who are both gifted and learning disabled. Several key problems are discussed, including identification, characteristics, and intervention.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disabled
Clumsiness in Children: Developmental Coordination Disorder.
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Fox, Mervyn A. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1998
Explores the diagnostic criteria of developmental coordination disorder, a condition that is characterized by motor awkwardness and has a strong association with psychiatric disorders and learning disabilities. Delineates the nature of developmental coordination disorder and discusses its treatment through occupational therapy and cognitive…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Restructuring
Gender Bias and Learning Disabilities: School Age and Long Term Consequences for Females.
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Young, Glenn; Kim, H. Jessica; Gerber, Paul J. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1999
Discusses the failure to identify learning disabilities in female students and the long-term consequences, including dependency on welfare programs. Stresses the need to modify identification procedures to increase sensitivity to learning disabilities in females and to adjust special-education programs to meet the needs of females. (CR)
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Learning Disabilities