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Clumsy Child Syndrome

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Clumsy Child Syndrome
A term referring to a child whose fine and/or gross motor skills are immature, erratic, slow, imprecise; neurologic exam is normal; children may have cognitive or perceptual problems due to learning disabilities
Types Construction dyspraxia, dressing dyspraxia, ideational dyspraxia, ideomotor dyspraxia, oromotor dyspraxia
clumsy child syndrome
Dyspraxia Pediatric neurology A child whose fine and/or gross motor skills are immature, erratic, slow, imprecise; neurologic exam is normal; children may have cognitive or perceptual problems due to learning disabilities Types Constructional, dressing, ideational, ideomotor, oromotor dyspraxias. Cf Cerebral palsy.
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Dyspraxia, sometimes known as clumsy child syndrome, is a condition which affects a child's speech, co-ordination and social skills, and can often be missed by teachers and parents.
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Val Alleyne, one of the founder members, said: "Sometimes dyspraxia is known as the clumsy child syndrome but actually it is to do with co-ordination and can involve learning difficulties.
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