Toward an understanding of developmental coordination disorder

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作者
Henderson, SE [1 ]
Henderson, L
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[1] Univ London, Inst Educ, Sch Psychol, London WC1E 7HU, England
[2] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Div Neurosci & Psychol Med, London, England
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10.1123/apaq.19.1.11
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R49 [康复医学];
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100215 ;
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We consider three issues concerning unexpected difficulty in the acquisition of motor skills: terminology, diagnosis, and intervention. Our preference for the label Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) receives justification. Problems in diagnosis are discussed, especially in relation to the aetiology-dominated medical model. The high degree of overlap between DCD and other childhood disorders appears to militate against its acceptance as a distinct syndrome. In this context, we emphasize the need to determine whether incoordination takes different forms when it occurs alone is combined with general developmental delay or with other specific disorders in children of normal intelligence. Studies of intervention have mostly shown positive effects but do not, as yet, allow adjudication between different sorts of content. We suggest that the study of DCD and its remediation would benefit greatly from the employment of the simple but rich paradigms developed for the experimental analysis of fully formed adult movement skills.
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