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Peer reviewedJongmans, 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
Download full textStockman, Ida J. – 1986
The paper describes an innovative treatment approach to severe learning disabilities in use in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The multisensory approach is based on the assumption that learning disabled children have perceptual cognitive deficits. Reality based problem-solvng events connected with tactile-kinesthetic input become the primary foci of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
