DCD and the DSM-v definition
Characterised by deficits in:
- the acquisition and execution of coordinated motor skills
- manifested by clumsiness
- slowness or the inaccuracy to perform motor skills
What are three co-morbidities of DCD?
- Behavioural problems
- ADHD
- Cognition deficits
What are the possible underlying causes of DCD?
- Maturational - neutrally orientated
- Cognitive and information processing - issues with the feedback loop
- Dynamic systems perspective - biological. Motor skills are the end product of interacting, multiple sub-systems.
What are some bottom up assessments?
- BOT2
- Beery
What are some top down assessments?
- COPM
- Observational
- Functional performance
What is the CO-OP approach?
- cognitive approaches to motot development emphasise active problem solving.
- Top down
What is the GPDC framework?
G - Goal. What am I going to do?
P - Plan. How will I accomplish it?
D - Do. Do it.
C - Check. How well did my plan work?
What is the social model of health?
addresses broader influences of health (social, environmental, cultural and economical facors). It is a community approach to prevent disease.
What is co-occupation?
work is shared by child and parent. As child’s skills and capabilities progress the parents contribution should reduce.
Stages of Adjustment Model
- Shock, anger, denial
- Seekership
- Disability focuses
- Family focused and normalising
What are the principals of family centred care?
- Parents know best
- Families are different
- Optimum child functioning occurs with supporting environments
- Families decide their level of involvement
- parents have ultimate responsibity
- all family member needs should be met
What is the Intergraded Model (Cark Dunst)?
7 components to early intervention”
- child learning opportunities
- everyday activity settings
- caregivers interaction styles
- parenting supports
- participatory parenting opportunities
- family and community supports
- capacity building
What is the Intergraded Model (Cark Dunst)?
7 components to early intervention”
- child learning opportunities
- everyday activity settings
- caregivers interaction styles
- parenting supports
- participatory parenting opportunities
- family and community supports
- capacity building
What are the features of the social model of health?
- Age, sex and constitutional factors
- Individual lifestyle factors
- Social and community networks
- living and working conditions
- general socio-economic, environmental and cultural factors
