Dyspraxia

Dyspraxia comes under the term Developmental Coordination Disorder

• True

• False

It comes from the Greek,

Dys meaning difficulty

and

Praxia meaning doing, acting, deed and practice

• True

• False

It is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder / brain maturation.

• True

• False

Is dyspraxia highlighting a child’s inability to act promptly, or to initiate immediately a response, to the information received from the environment?

• True

• False

Dyspraxia is an “impairement or immaturity of the organisation of movement and in many individuals there may be associated problems of __________________________”

• Language

• Perception

• Thoughts

• All of the above

A single assessment process is capable of diagnosing dyspraxia.

• True

• False

Potential cause of dyspraxia:

• Reduced number of interconnections between the nerve cells in the cortex.

• Undetected visual issues: visual perceptual problems disturbing the sensory information received and the performance of planned motor behaviour.

• Depth perception difficulties

• All of the above

For dyspraxic children, the world is: (multiple answers possible)

• Too loud

• Too fast

• Too tight

• Too bright

In average ____________ per classroom is affected by dyspraxia, including undiagnosed children.

• 1 child

• 2 children

• 3 children

• 4 children

Dyspraxia is more common in girls than in boys?

• True

• False