What types of treatment options are available for children with DCD?
Children with DCD demonstrate the significant improvements from therapies that are task and context specific. Such interventions include educational skills training (i.e. handwriting or speech therapy) or teaching functional skills necessary for independence (i.e. tying shoes, buttoning clothing, etc). However, studies have not yet demonstrated that specific skill training or if other techniques focused primarily on motor aspects of skill acquisition are generalizable. Recently, the use of cognitively-based interventions designed to help children develop problem-solving strategies show greater transfer to other areas of skill development than traditional physical and occupational therapies (Miller et al., 2001).
