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DCD OT
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- 1What is occupational therapyEnabling doing: assisting people to be able to do the things they value in everyday life: the things that they want, need, and have to do.
- 2presentation of DCD- highly prevalent disorder (5-6% of school aged children)
- DCD can be a challenging condition to identify
- presentation is often confusing to parents, teachers and therapists - 3occupational performance in children with DCD- regardless of how they present, children with DCD will have difficulty learning new or unfamiliar motor tasks
- they will often perform some tasks very well once learned but require more instructions, practice, and repetition
- they need things to be broken down into simple steps
- it takes much longer for children with DCD to master new motor skills and for movements to become automatic
- Motor skills require so much cognitive effort when they are learning that children with DCD are often slow to complete tasks and can appear very inattentive, and fatigue easily
- often labelled before diagnosis as stubborn and difficult or accused of deliberately ignoring instructions - 4impact of DCD of motor skillsdeays in fine and gross motor skill, late riding a bike, can't catch or throw accurately etc
- 5impact of DCD on self care- difficulty using utensils
- needs help dressing and grooming
- can't tie shoes, do zippers or buttons
- messy eater - 6academic impacts of DCD- awkward pencil grip
- difficulty completing written work
- gap between verbal ability and performance
- frustrated with writing and homework - 7social implications of DCD- limited participation in sports and extracurricular activities
- social isolation - 8behavioural implications of DCD- avoids active play and fine motor activities
- dislikes sport and active recreation - 9emotional implications of DCD-self deprecating
- low self esteem
- anxious, depressed, withdrawn - 10OT assessment and information gathering- interview: careful history of presenting difficulties with the child
- need to look much more broadly than motor concerns (learning, social development, behaviour and attention)
- determine what occupations are impacted in which environments
- goal setting
- standardised testing for developmental skills
- observation - 11OT intervention for DCD- cognitive approaches
- psychosocial approaches
- compensatory strategies - 12describe cognitive approachesTechniques
- problem solving process taught: e.g. goal-plan-do-check, stop think do
- mediated learning techniques: talk out loud, guided discover, process questioning
- doing and reflecting tasks
- generalising insights - 13psychosocialTeach self regulation
- volcano, zones of regulation, thermometer, social stories
Coping skills
- coping cat
- problem solving
- recognising signs
Social Behaviours
- modelling
- structured peer groups
- rehearsal of social skills - 14OT compensatory strategies for DCD- accommodations e.g. more time to complete tests of school work
- adapted equipment e.g build up handles on cutlery
- environmental modifications e.g. use of visual schedules, use a footstool)
- empowering parents to be advocates for their children - 15when to refer to an OT?when a child has difficulty doing they tasks they want to do, need to do, or are expected to do in everyday life.
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- 2204 Karteikarten am DCD OT, erstellt von Soph B am 25/10/2019.
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