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Understanding Motor Skills in Children with Dyspraxia, ADHD, Autism, and

Other Learning Disabilities: A Guide to Improving Coordination
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Children with learning disabilities often have coordination problems that make everyday activities such as mealtimes, dressing, playing sports, and learning to write challenging.This accessible manual for parents and professionals offers advice on how to recognize normal and abnormal motor development, when and how to seek help, and specific teaching strategies to help children with coordination difficulties succeed in the classroom, playground, and home. Lisa A. Kurtz presents a holistic approach to treatment, equipping the reader with knowledge of a wide range of therapeutic methods and awareness of the many available options.Full of practical help and a comprehensive list of resources, this is essential reading for anyone caring for, or working with, children with developmental motor concerns.
Part I: Understanding the Nature of Motor Skills. 1. The development of motor skills. 2. Finding professional help for problems with motor skills. 3. General principles for intervention. Part II: Practical Strategies and Activities for Home and School. 4. Promoting basic motor skills. 5. Teaching independence in daily living skills. 6. Addressing problems with classroom skills. 7. The social impact of clumsiness: fostering a positive self-image. Glossary. Appendix I: Tests and assessment tools. Appendix II: Recommended reading. Appendix III: Helpful agencies and organizations. Appendix IV: Suppliers of toys, tests, and other educational materials. Index.
The seven chapters are short and well-structured and written in an accessible style for the professional and non-professional reader alike. Illustrations and bullet points are used throughout which make the content accessible and user friendly. I would recommend the book to students, newly qualified therapists and therapists returning to work in the area, as well as parents aand teachers of children with motor co-ordination delay, with some provisos.
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