Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a motor skill disorder that affects 5 to 6% of school-aged children in North America.
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Resources to Share with Physicians
Some children show characteristics that are typical of children who have developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Parents may wish to share reports that they get from occupational or physical therapists with their physician and to ask more about DCD.
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Developmental Coordination Disorder: What does it mean to me?
This flyer will help answer some of your questions about DCD, provide you with helpful tools and resources to manage your coordination challenges and help you be successful…now and in the future!
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Conceptual Model of the Move and PLAY study
A conceptual model is a diagram that shows different factors that we think may have an effect on a variety of outcomes, such as motor abilities, self-care abilities, and participation in play.
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Children with DCD: At home, at school and in the community (Booklet)
This booklet is designed to help parents and educators identify and manage school-aged children who are demonstrating movement problems typical of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD).
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Finding an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist in Ontario
This flyer outlines the types of services OTs and PTs may provide for children with coordination difficulties and how to locate an OT or PT in your community.
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Suggested Readings for Developmental Coordination Disorder
This is an annotated bibliography of selected books on Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) that may be suitable for different audiences and purposes.
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DCD Community Group Leaders and Instructors Flyer
Even though many people have never heard of it, DCD affects about 5% of school-aged children in North America. Children with DCD have trouble learning to coordinate their movements and may appear to be awkward or clumsy.
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The ‘Key Worker’ Model of Service Delivery
The ‘key worker’ model is a method of service delivery involving a person who works in a guide role with families.
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CP-NET Meet the Expert: Transition
Dr. Elaine Biddiss and Dr. Anna McCormick answered questions about the CP-NET neurotechnology platform and a video game (Bootle Blast) that they developed to track the movement of children with cerebral palsy.
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