Developmental dyspraxia & sensory
processing
by Emma Ratcliff from Kidz Therapy.
Developmental coordination disorder =
dyspraxia.
It’s about organisation and coordination,
not just letters/numbers.
Dyspraxis is about - Idea of what it is I need to do, planning to do something, and
execution of that plan.
Children with dyspraxia can hop, skip, and
jump separately when asked. But if you ask them to hop, skip and jump one after the other straight away, they might not get
it right or do it in the right order. Things they could do yesterday, they
can’t do today. They can struggle to transfer skills or knowledge to new areas
or join them together.
In the brain, the neurons don’t stay
connected as they would in a non-dyzbraxic brain. That’s why kids can do
something one day, and not the next. The best way to make the connection stick
and grow is to be happy – the chemicals behind being happy anyway.
It’s like having to learn how to drive the
car, EVERY TIME THEY GET IN. The brain doesn’t remember what to do.
Therefore, everything is hard, no matter
how many times they have done that task.
How
can we give these children a positive
learning experience, without being too soft on them?
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