by Abigail Marshall, DDAI Information Services Director
©DDAI. Reprinted with permission

Q5: What is dyspraxia and what can be done about it?

A: Dyspraxia is sometimes called 'clumsy child syndrome'. The child (or adult) with dyspraxia may be chronically clumsy or accident-prone. The dyspraxia individual also has poor motor skills. For example, a child may have great difficulty holding a pencil and struggle tremendously with writing. Because of poor motor coordination, the child may also find it virtually impossible to learn to ride a bike, or to catch a ball.

We have found Davis® Orientation to be very helpful with dyspraxia. The 'koosh ball' exercise that accompanies Fine Tuning is particularly helpful to the individual with problems with large motor skills, balance, or hand/eye coordination. Orientation resolves the perceptual problems which underlie many symptoms of dyspraxia. Many individuals report after doing Orientation that it is the first time in their lives they have felt 'in balance' rather than somehow being off-center.

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