Hi, my dd (age 2.5y) has had two assessments at the Child Development Centre. The Paediatrician mentioned she thought dd had very strong traits of DCD and the OT agreed, as did the SALT. We then saw the OT and SALT again and both picked up on more diagnostic criteria for DCD.
The main issue has been speech. At 2.5y she doesn't have any language at all. She 'speaks' with a strange sort of 'aha, aha, aaahhh!' sort of sound (difficult to know what I'm on about unless you hear it I think!). We were initially referred for the speech and subsequently she was diagnosed with a 'severe expressive language delay'.
On further assessment, she has patchy fine and gross motor delay. She was a late-ish walker and now struggles with many tasks. Examples are feeding herself (she can't, at all), biting food (everything has to be in bite sized chunks or she just crams it all in, can't bite food), can't climb stairs, can't jump with two feet...the list goes on!
The Paediatrician says she is of above normal intelligence, problem solving at a leave of approx 3.5y.
I hope this doesn't sound like I'm focussing on what dd can't do! She's incredibly happy, loving and healthy and loves playing, listening to stories. I think she's extremely switched on, just so hard when she can't communicate anything she's thinking or feeling.
I suppose what I'd like to know is does any of this sound familiar? What sort of things have parents of children with DCD found helpful? And is this something she will always have, I know the speech will come but does anyone have any idea when this might start to improve? Will she get help at school when she eventually goes? And how might this affect her when she's older?
She's at preschool 2 mornings, they don't seem too clued up, is there anything I should be asking of them?
Thanks in anticipation :-)
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Possible new diagnosis of DCD - any advice greatly appreciated.
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nurseysarah1981 · 16/02/2014 21:00
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