Physicians

When parents bring their children into the office for healthy child visits, this presents an opportunity to explore many areas of child development including cognitive, speech, language, gross motor and fine motor, social and self-care. The following resources provide information about Developmental Coordination Disorder and references that will be of interest to physicians. Children with DCD have difficulties with coordination and may be clumsy.  Also available in French/aussi disponible en francais.

Physicians looking for information previously obtained from the DCD Pack website can find the majority of this information under "About DCD".

Recognizing and referring children with developmental coordination disorder: Role of the medical practitioner

Children with developmental coordination disorder: A flyer for medical practitioners

 

Journal Articles:

Parental questions about developmental coordination disorder: A synopsis of current evidence

Teaching case report: Why every office needs a tennis ball