Dyspraxia

Young people with this condition find difficulty in conceptualising, sequencing, motor-planning and carrying out seemingly routine tasks in a skilful manner. Both familiar and unfamiliar experiences may prove difficult.

Children with Dyspraxia may:

• Have poor running, climbing and jumping skills
• Have poor hand-to-eye co-ordination
• Have poor fine motor skills such as cutting, colouring and tying shoe laces
• Struggle with handwriting, worksheets, drawing and DT
• Find games lessons, swimming and PE extremely challenging
• Find sucking from a straw or chewing tricky
• Be messy eaters
• Have poor self-help skills
• Have poor organisational skills and focus, which can adversely impact school work for older children

There are several ways this condition can present and often it goes unnoticed as people think the child will just grow out of it or that it is a behavioural issue. If unaddressed, this condition can lead to poor self-esteem, academic under-achievement and huge frustration.