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Defining Occupational Therapy Interventions for Children with Fine Motor and Handwriting Difficulties
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Piller, Aimee; Torrez, Elizabeth – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2019
Fine motor deficits are often correlated with poor handwriting which can impact a variety of academic-related tasks. Occupational therapists (OTs) frequently provide interventions for the remediation of handwriting difficulties. Evidence exists to provide information as to the most effective forms of interventions used by occupational therapists.…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Intervention, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
Motor and Cognitive Performance Differences between Children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
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Asonitou, Katerina; Koutsouki, Dimitra; Kourtessis, Thomas; Charitou, Sofia – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The current study adopts the PASS theory of information processing to investigate the probable differences in specific motor and cognitive abilities between children with and without developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Participants were 108 5- and 6-year-old preschoolers (54 children with DCD and 54 children without DCD). The Movement…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Correlation, Cognitive Processes, Preschool Children