Developmental Coordination Disorder (Impacting Fine and Gross Motor Skills) Seminar at University of land at 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday March 10th from 7pm to 9pm

[Guest guest]

Hello! Just passing this along in case you happen to be in the Washington

DC/College Park, land area.

The University of land Department of Kinesiology is holding a parent's

conference on Developmental Coordination Disorder.

Details: Wednesday March 10th from 7pm to 9pm at the University of land,

College Park, MD, in the School of Public Health Building, Room 308.

http://www.sph.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/jclark/research/FAQ.htm#What_is_DCD_and_

the_criteria_for_diagnosis__

For further information about this parent seminar, please contact

Pangelinan at pangel@.... You must notify if you plan to attend

this parent seminar as space is limited.

[This parent seminar is not affiliated with Development Delays Inc.]

Please feel free to share this with families you know with individuals who

have motor coordination difficulties.

Kari Fisher

www.developmentdelays.org

Helping children, adolescents, and adults with language, motor, sensory

processing, or socialization challenges.

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Please check out further information about developmental coordination

disorder (DCD) and a frequently associated disorder, mixed expressive and

receptive language disorder (MERLD) at www.developmentdelays.org. We

welcome you to become involved as an advocate, parent, or volunteer or join

the discussion group at https://www.bigtent.com/groups/developdelay.

Development Delays Inc. is a national 501©(3) charitable organization in

the United States dedicated to advocacy, education, research, increasing

awareness, outreach, and providing support for children, adolescents, and

adults impacted by developmental coordination disorder (sensory processing

disorder or dyspraxia) or an expressive and/or receptive language disorder

(language delay, auditory processing disorder, speech delay, or late talker)

and facing language, motor, sensory processing, or socialization challenges.

Developmental coordination disorder impacts up to 6% of children (with some

estimates reaching as high as 20%). In addition, developmental coordination

disorder is frequently associated with expressive language disorder

experienced by 5-15% of children, mixed expressive and receptive language

disorder experienced by 3-5% of children, and phonological disorder, which

can be moderate to severe in 2% of children at the ages of 6-7 but impacts a

much larger percentage of children in milder forms. (American Psychiatric

Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth

Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association,

2000.) It is estimated that over 50% of children with speech and language

disorders also have difficulties with fine and/or gross motor skills.

Kamps, P. (2005). The Source for Developmental Coordination Disorder. East

Moline, IL: LinguiSystems.

Children experiencing developmental delays or atypical development in

language, speech, motor coordination, socialization, and sensory processing

are too frequently misdiagnosed or not identified at all. Parents may have

heard medical professionals, educators, friends, or family mention or read

about one or more of the following in relation to their uniquely developing

child: overall or global, truncal, or oral developmental coordination

disorder, dyspraxia or dyspraxia syndrome, developmental dyspraxia, overall

limb apraxia, clumsy child or clumsiness syndrome, developmental dyspraxia

of speech, verbal or oral apraxia, apraxia of speech, cerebral palsy,

hypotonia, expressive language disorder, receptive language disorder,

dysarthria, language processing disorder, phonological or articulation

disorder, communication disorder not otherwise specified, autism spectrum or

pervasive development disorders, Asperger syndrome, sensory processing

disorder, auditory processing disorder, executive functioning disorder,

attention deficit or deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Landau-Kleffner

syndrome, hyperlexia, mitochondrial disorder, intellectual disability, high

sensitivity, and above-average intelligence. Thus, Development Delays Inc.

hopes to help all families with individuals struggling with language,

speech, articulation, motor, and sensory processing to obtain the necessary

information to provide support for their developmentally delayed children

through adulthood.

As parents, educators, practitioners, and individuals impacted by these

disorders, we know the most critical factors in the future success of our

developmentally delayed children are early recognition and intervention. We

must perpetually strive to surround them with nurturing opportunities to

learn, thrive, foster high self-esteem and continue to provide them with the

necessary support throughout adolescence and adulthood.

Starting from the ground level, we are a volunteer organization in need of

dedicated individuals committed to helping children with developmental

delays and all those impacted by these disorders. Please monitor this web

site, <http://www.developmentdelays.org> www.developmentdelays.org, for

further information on how you can get involved. Our children of all ages

need you!

Discussion Group:

To join our discussion group, please join us at the Development Delays Group

at Big Tent. https://www.bigtent.com/groups/developdelay

Upcoming Events:

Local:

* Who: Dr. Annemiek Wilms Floet, M.D., a developmental and behavioral

pediatrician

* What: Lecture on " The overlap in behavioral deficits in children

with DCD, Autism, and other developmental and learning disabilities "

* When: next Wednesday, March 10th at 7pm

* Where: University of land College Park in the School of Public

Health Building (Room 0308)

For further information on this parent seminar, please contact

Pangelinan at pangel@.... You must notify if you plan to attend

this parent seminar as space is limited.

[This parent seminar is not affiliated with Development Delays Inc.]