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eLearning Series: Learning Disabilities
The Bottom Line On Learning Disabilities
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Dyspraxia:
Diagnosis and Treatment Options
Dyspraxia
is a disorder that relates to the fine motor skills and
their development. When you have this
disorder, you have difficulties completing even the most remedial
tasks. It is interesting to note that Dyspraxia seems to be
prevalent in males and makes up merely two percent of the general
population. Completing very simple tasks, which most take for
granted, may include everyday such as tying shoes, waving goodbye
or brushing hair or teeth.
Although the types of challenges in this disorder may change
throughout the person’s lifetime, this is a disorder that remains
with them and continues to attack their motor skill
development.
When a young child, such as a baby, is afflicted with Dyspraxia
they will avoid common movements like rolling over or crawling.
There are other signs that the child could have this disorder,
as well. They can include difficulties with the eye movement,
where they move their head rather than their eyes to follow
a moving object. They may have trouble holding drinking cups
or using such things as spoons. Most of the common things children
do are greatly affected, too. These tasks may include activities
such as skipping, running or jumping. Dyspraxia will also give
great difficulty to speech, assembling recognizable sentences
and language troubles. They may appear quite clumsy and fall
or walk into walls or stationary objects. It may be difficult
to determine what hand they prefer, finding out their laterality
could prove challenging. It is also noticed that clothing may
be very uncomfortable, and may even be a bit painful.
When the child gets a little older and is now in school, they
may find it hard to get along with others. Immaturity is a
common trait, and their social skills suffer. Sometimes they
become worrisome and pick up random phobias and often even
develop obsessive compulsions. Academic problems, rapidly changing
body and coordination changes, and speech are all issues that
young people with Dyspraxia face. The fact that Dyspraxia is
incurable has not troubled doctors too much, as there are early
interventions. The use of therapists for motor skills and speech,
if used early on, can be quite helpful. This can be an aide
in bettering the quality of life now and in the future. It
is crucial to the Dyspraxia affected child, that their parents
show patience and care. This can be a very frustrating problem,
yet you must remember that it would be five times compounded
for the actual individual that is affected by it. Offering
support and a willingness to help overcome obstacles, will
in turn keep their need for improvement at a high. This will
show them in the future that they can in fact become independent
and successful.
Anyone
with Dyspraxia will need help in developing coordination,
fine motor skills and even social skills. This will encourage
them to be self-confident and give them drive to overcome all
the large and small challenges that they will face. Helping
them boost self-esteem will give them the willingness to make
friends and fit in. They will need these life skills to develop
means of beating the odds of failure due to the personal struggles
they face on a daily basis. It is said that many individuals
will never be able to overcome the struggles they face with
this disorder, making it hard for them to adapt in society.
The level of discomfort associated with Dyspraxia is more of
the social order, as the disorder can easily cause depression,
and manic compulsive behavior. It is not uncommon for a child
with this disorder to be placed in special education programs,
as it basically would be detrimental to the development of
the child, to be placed with peers of higher function. These
special classes work with children and help with developmental
speech and language therapy. This gives them the opportunity
to develop at a rate that is comfortable for them, while not
stunting development through forced learning and progression.
It may seem that these classes are geared for the hearing impaired,
as most of the classes cater to hand movements, pictures or
cue cards. When someone who has Dyspraxia is approached for
the first time, it is as if there is some lag in time, like
they are just out of sync. What is most misunderstood about
this disorder is that people assume there is a lack of intelligence
associated with the disorder, this cannot be further from the
truth.
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