“Some of the kids we see cannot get their hands to work the way they want them to even when they’re trying their hardest, even when they have models of what they’re trying to do,” explains Matthew Cruger, PhD, a clinical neuropsychologist at the Child Mind Institute. There are two kinds of motor skills, and some children with DCD have more trouble with one than the other. Two kinds of developmental coordination disorder And they don’t need to master every skill - for example, they can wear Velcro shoes instead of ones with laces. There are also accommodations available for kids with coordination problems, like programs that allow them to speak or type instead of writing. With a lot of practice, kids with coordination issues can learn the skills they struggle with. Kids with DCD often start to avoid things like writing, drawing and physical activities. But DCD is usually diagnosed when kids get older and struggle to do age-appropriate things like dressing themselves, using utensils and playing games.
Signs of dyspraxia often show up in young children, who might be slow to sit up, crawl, and walk.
Some children with DCD have issues with both kinds of motor skills. Kids with gross motor skills problems have trouble doing things like catching a ball or riding a bike. Other kids struggle with gross motor skills, which have to do with moving their bodies in space. These kids struggle to use their hands in tasks like using scissors or writing by hand. Some kids have trouble with what are called fine motor skills. Instead, their coordination issues happen because their brains have trouble telling their bodies what to do. But there’s nothing wrong with their muscles. They may have trouble with small movements like eating with a spoon or holding a crayon. These children frequently drop, break and bump into things. Children who are very uncoordinated for their age may have a disorder called developmental coordination disorder (DCD), or dyspraxia.
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