Will my child's Dyspraxia get worse?
We don't know why some children have Dyspraxia.
Dyspraxia is often categorized based on specific symptoms.
Dyspraxia doesn't have to hold you back.
Dyspraxia- difficulty with fine motor skills.
The Dyspraxia Foundation.
Constructional Dyspraxia- this is to do with spatial relationships.
Dyspraxia particularly tends to affect co-ordinated muscle
movements of various types.
Like Dyspraxia, dyslexia can affect children's self-esteem and school performance.
Dyslexia and Dyspraxia are the two most common specific learning difficulties.
However, the rest of this leaflet is about Dyspraxia in children.
In the USA, the Dyspraxia Foundation offers similar support and advice.
Dyspraxia can affect different children in different ways
and to different degrees.
A child with Dyspraxia may have difficulty with maths and writing stories.
Dyspraxia also occurs in adults
but this leaflet is about Dyspraxia in children.
Verbal Dyspraxia can be present on its own, or alongside motor Dyspraxia.
For many people, Dyspraxia continues into adulthood
and so work and employment may be affected.
Which ones work for your
child will depend on how exactly their Dyspraxia affects them.
A number of things have been suggested that may increase the risk of Dyspraxia:.
At school, a child with Dyspraxia may have difficulty with maths and writing stories.
Dyspraxia can cause classroom learning issues
that may affect your child's progress, and also their self-esteem.
Apraxia or Dyspraxia is a difficulty with programming the muscles that we use
to form clear speech.
Having Dyspraxia does not change how intelligent a child is,
but it does affect their learning ability.
Some health professionals divide Dyspraxia into different descriptive'types', depending on which problems most affect your child.
Dyspraxia is a common condition,
affecting as many as 10% of children in the UK to varying degrees.
The diagnosis of Dyspraxia is not usually made until children reach
the age of 4 or 5 years.
Dyspraxia often impacts on writing,
reading and spelling, so your child may need more time to process new tasks.
Dyspraxia seems to run in families,
so it seems to have a genetic component- the way your child is'made'.
Dyspraxia is commonly thought to be a disorder that causes clumsiness
and poor coordination, but this is not the case.
They often go together, with some studies suggesting that as many as
half of children with dyslexia also have Dyspraxia.