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By Madeleine Portwood
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Developmental Dyspraxia - click the images for More Information
Definition
Dyspraxia is coined from two greek words -dys - meaning poor and praxis - meaning movement. Children with this condition tend to be 'clumsy' lacking in co-ordination and have poor attention spans other symptoms could be problems in speech (verbal or apraxia)
On this web site you will find information about the condition, possible causes, examples of early symptoms to enable parents and teachers to be more aware of the condition, the effect of the condition on a child of school age, information how to screen a child (a non-closed test) and research into the high levels of children in alternate education as well as young offenders institution..
