Early identification: are speech/ language-impaired toddlers at increased risk for Developmental Co-ordination Disorder? Forty Canadian children with speech/ language and motor assessments were followed up at 63-80 months of age. Of these, 18 showed evidence of significant motor impairment and two-thirds of these met diagnostic criteria for Developmental Co-ordination Disorder at follow-up. Twelve children were identified as having persistent speech/language problems and, of these, nine presented with significant motor co-ordination difficulties. Researchers concluded that young children who are in early intervention programmes for speech/language delays may have significant co-ordination difficulties that become more evident at kindergarten age. Gaines, R and Missiuna, C. Child: Care, Health and Development 33(3): 325-332, May 2007. Abstract: www.blackwell-synergy.com
Early identification: are speech/ language-impaired toddlers at increased risk for Developmental Co-ordination Disorder? Forty Canadian children with speech/ language and motor assessments were followed up at 63-80 months of age. Of these, 18 showed evidence of significant motor impairment and two-thirds of these met diagnostic criteria for Developmental Co-ordination Disorder at follow-up. Twelve children were identified as having persistent speech/language problems and, of these, nine presented with significant motor co-ordination difficulties. Researchers concluded that young children who are in early intervention programmes for speech/language delays may have significant co-ordination difficulties that become more evident at kindergarten age.
Gaines, R and Missiuna, C. Child: Care, Health and Development 33(3): 325-332, May 2007. Abstract: www.blackwell-synergy.com
