Developmental coordination disorder and working memory
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) refers to movement clumsiness and has gone through many labels, such as clumsy child syndrome or minimal brain dysfunction (by medical professionals), and movement-skill problems or motor dyspraxia (by educational professionals). Following the multidisciplinary consensus and the term included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-4), the term DCD will be used throughout this chapter. DCD can interfere with a person’s ability to successfully complete daily activities (Polatajko and Cantin, 2005), as well as academic performance (Dewey, Kaplan, Crawford, and Wilson, 2002). It is believed to affect between 5% and 10% of children (Henderson and Henderson, 2002). Common impairments associated with DCD include postural control, limited sensoriperceptual function, and Executive Function deficits (see Wilson, 2005 for a review; see also Geuze, 2005)
Publication Title
Working Memory and Clinical Developmental Disorders: Theories, Debates and Interventions
First Page
143
Last Page
156
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.4324/9781315302072
ISBN
9781315302065,9781138236493
Citation Information
Rodak, & Alloway, T. P. (2018). Developmental Coordination Disorder and Working Memory. In Working Memory and Clinical Developmental Disorders (1st ed., Vol. 1, pp. 143–156). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315302072-10