developmental coordination disorder

[rummum]

OK....

after attending a dyspraxic course with my job, I was concerned that daughter could have dyspraxic tendencies which fitted with all the difficulties she was having at school and home...

Anyway the EP was called in and said she thought DD had Aspergers tendencies
Daughter has had various assesments and we have been to CAMHS who then refered us to SOCOM (still waiting for an appointment) and today we had a OT report back which said....
"Rummums DD maybe described as having a developmental coordination disorder
and goes on to say she has some specific severe sensory processing issues... ....

What does that mean.... MAYBE is it because the OT can't diagnose???
we are no more the wiser than a year ago....

I think "developmental coordination disorder" is the "new" term for dyspraxia which tends not to be used so much now. Same condition, different name.

Its a new one on me. But I think you could be right, it could be partly because OT can't dx but can suggest something like this new fangled dysraxia term.

I think Dyspraxia is no longer seen as a disorder in its own right as it is basically a collection of symptoms which appear in random combinations. Perhaps this is to distinguish it from being part of another "disorder" like AS, might also be the US term iirc.

\link{http://www.psychnet-uk.com/dsm_iv/developmental_coordination_disorder.htm\this } may clarify .

"Developmental co-ordination disorder" is the term used in USA for dyspraxia and is starting to be used here a lot more. As I understand it they are slightly different in that DCD is more of an umbrella term used for co-ordination difficulties and all the other problems which go with it, whereas "dyspraxia" really refers specifically to the motor difficulties. I have been told that a child needs to show problems with motor planning to truly have dyspraxia but may just have co-ordination problems with DCD. Basically they are used interchangeably though. The \link{http://www.dyscovery.co.uk/uniform/help/learning.htm\Dyscovery Centre} has some info.

thanks for the replys...
It was the Maybe that really got me...
I mean, has she got it or not ffs... and if the OT can't diagnose why can't she say a paediatritian (or whoever) will confirm...

DD has an OT appointment on Tuesday so I will get to the bottom of it then, but DD has a Parents Evening on Thursday and I wanted to be armed with lots of information for her IEP which the teacher hasn't updated.... [sigh]

The school made me feel really silly when I asked if she could be dyspraxic... one teacher said she can't be dyspraxic because she can use a ruler... wtf... that got to do with anything