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Helping Improve Coordination for Children with DCD
Is your child living with a developmental coordination disorder (DCD)? Many children who are diagnosed with these disorders are described as “clumsy,” presenting a lack of coordination with their movements.
This lack of coordination can impact a child’s life in a variety of activities, including but not limited to educational tasks, social participation, and self-care activities.
As stated by the National Institutes of Health, a developmental coordination disorder “is defined on the basis of a failure of the acquisition of skills in both gross and fine movements, which is not explicable on the basis of impaired general learning and similar exposure to the opportunity to gain motor skills as their peers.”
If your child has been living with this type of disorder, our occupational and speech therapy services can help. Contact Southern Pediatric Therapy Clinic today to learn more about how our dedicated team of therapists can help your child improve his or her coordination.
How can speech and occupational therapy benefit your child?
The National Institutes of Health also states that “there is extensive evidence that these difficulties can have considerable impact on children's lives as they struggle to plan and organize themselves. They commonly affect the child both in school and at home, and contrast with similar aged children who acquire these skills with little effort.”
Because of this, the movement deficits found in children with developmental coordination disorders can make their lives more difficult. Fortunately, our advanced team of therapists can help your child gain strength, learn to function with more coordination, and target problem areas in the body.
Using multiple techniques as stated above can provide overall strengthening, as well as increased balance, coordination, and range of motion. Speech and occupational therapy gives the patient confidence in their acquired skills to live a more functional and fulfilling life.
How can I get started?
If your child is living with a developmental coordination disorder, there is no doubt that they could benefit from speech and occupational therapy.
