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Intervention in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder : the role of parents and teachers . BACKGROUND Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder ( DCD ) are a heterogeneous group who have a marked impairment in the performance of functional skills . Provision for these children is usually made via a paediatrician through occupational or physiotherapy though , with a prevalence rate of 5 % , regular provision is not possible due to limited professional resources . AIMS The study aimed to determine the extent to which parents and teachers , with guidance , can assist in the management of children with DCD ; whether children with DCD are helped in this way and how this may contribute to our understanding of the condition . SAMPLE Thirty-one children with DCD aged 7 to 9 years participated in the study . METHODS Following assessment , individual profiles were developed and each week teachers and parents were given guidelines for working with the children and each child had three to four sessions a week lasting approximately for 20 minutes . In Phase 1 , one group of children worked with teachers and the other group worked with parents . In Phase 2 , the two groups of children swapped over . The children were assessed regularly throughout the project using the Movement ABC , together with diaries and comments from teachers and parents . RESULTS At the end of the 40-week study , 27 children showed significant improvement in their motor skills . CONCLUSIONS Both teachers and parents were able to provide effective intervention for the majority of the children . It is possible that the children who did not improve have difficulties that are of a more complex type which require more specialist therapy to meet their need .
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Intervention_Educational
parents and teachers
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Intervention_Educational
occupational
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Intervention_Psychological
physiotherapy
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Intervention_Educational
parents and teachers
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Intervention_Educational
teachers and parents
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Intervention_Educational
teachers and parents
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Intervention_Psychological
specialist therapy
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Outcome_Physical
motor skills
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Outcome_Other
effective intervention
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Participant_Condition
Developmental Coordination Disorder
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Participant_Condition
Developmental Coordination Disorder ( DCD )
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Participant_Sample-size
Thirty-one
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Participant_Age
7 to 9 years
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Participant_Sample-size
27