Developmental Coordination Disorder and its Consequences

Section One: Introduction

1. Developmental Coordination Disorder and Its Consequences: An Introduction to the Problem (John Cairney)

Section Two: Personal, Social, Physical and Mental Health Consequences

2. Developmental Coordination Disorder and Participation (Batya Engel-Yeger)

3. DCD, Physical Activity and Physical Health: Results from the PHAST Project (John Cairney)          

4. Psychosocial and Behavioral Problems in Children with DCD (Jan P. Piek & Daniela Rigoli)

5. Neurocognitive Processing Deficits in Children with DCD (Peter H. Wilson)

Section Three: Identification and Methodological Challenges

6. Screening for Developmental Coordination Disorder in School Age Children (Marina M. Schoemaker & Brenda N. Wilson)

7. Methodological Issues in Field-Based DCD Research: Case Identification and Study Design (Scott Veldhuizen & John Cairney)

Section Four: Intervention and Reflections on the Future

8. Strategic Management of Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (Cheryl Missiuna, Helene J. Polatajko & Nancy Pollock)

9. Final Reflections (John Cairney)