Hello everyone. Is there anyone with a child who was diagnosed with dyspraxia or generally gross motor delayed/uncoordinated/clumsy. If so i am looking for encouragement on what has helped your cjild from age 5 onward. What helped for school?keeping up in PE, sports etc, self care . So my son has issues with motor imitation so repeating karate moves, pe exercises, copying a drawing, doing funny faces or tongue movements ..literally anything involving using his body to imitate is challenging to execute. However he is a good student and keeps up academically and can read and write pretty well. He can ride a bike with training wheels, a scooter, play cricket except for catching and run etc. He has dofficulty with positional instructions like stand between jeff and judy. Or stand an arms length apart ...he gets so confused with following such instructions. Theoetrically however he understands prepositions.
How do i help him in terms of primary and making sure he doesnt feel "slow"
Which sport or extra curricular might be a good fit (i want him to find something he can like and excel at) is karate prob a total no go? He has trouble in seim class with holding his breath under water amd positioning his arms for the strokes etc.
How was it as they got older? Any tips?
He does OT ince a week and plays outside almost every day. I encourage any interest he has and he is into singing, cooking, paddling around in the pool, painting and drawing (not too good but he enjoys it)
Thanks for your help.