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Kinaesthetic Acuity in Preprimary Children at Risk of Developmental Coordination Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

R. Coleman ,
J.P. Piek  and
D.J. Livesey
R. Coleman*
Affiliation:
Curtin University of Technology
J.P. Piek
Affiliation:
Curtin University of Technology
D.J. Livesey
Affiliation:
The University of Sydney
*
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, PO Box U 1987, Perth, 6001 WA, E-mail: carmanr@psycho1ogy.curtin.edu.au
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Abstract

The current study examined kinaesthetic acuity and Performance IQ in preprimary children (aged 4-5 years) at risk of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD; American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Individual assessment of 317 children over four sessions at their pre-primary centre identified 31 children at risk of Developmental Coordination Disorder. These children were matched with 31 control children on age, gender, and Verbal IQ. The two groups were assessed using three Performance IQ subtests of the WPPSI-R and the Kinaesthetic Acuity Test (KAT, Livesey & Parkes, 1995). The results indicate that kinaesthetic acuity and Performance IQ subtests significantly differentiate children at risk of DCD from control children. These results suggest a need to assess the efficacy of kinaesthetic training in young children at risk of DCD. Furthermore, psychologists may be able to assist in the early detection of children at-risk of DCD via the WPPSI-R assessment results routinely obtained for young children.

Keywords

ChildrenDevelopmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)Kinaesthetic SensitivityKinaesthetic AcuityIntelligence TestingMotor CoordinationPreschool Children
Type
Research Article
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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , May 1997 , pp. 80 - 86
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1997

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