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Hi, We have an 11 year old son with DCD and low processing speed. He struggles at school particularly with complex instructions. Tow weeks ago he took as long to read through a series of questions in an English Test as it took athers to complet the test. We are wondereing whether we should be open with him about him having DSD or whether to keep quiet. If we do tell him, how best to???
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James
Yes- talk to him about his difficulties, but in the context of his strengths- what can he do well? This is an area of his life which is harder for him. Talk about things you do well and find difficult as well, so he can see that everyone struggles in some areas of their lives- this will help to set the context.
Thank you. That’s helpful
Often there is confusion over the terms Dyspraxia or DCD. In the UK the terms are often used interchangeably to mean the same thing. Does this cause you confusion?
Hi Amanda, no this does not cause me confusion. I believe the title of my question was automatically inserted by this website ( as it was a ‘topic’ already on the site – see top of this page).
However it may cause others to be confused if they are not aware that the two terms are interchangeable.
James, we had our daughter tested in June 2010 and she was confirmed with Dyspraxia, we explained why she was going for the test. then informed her she has Dyspraxia she was happy to hear this as it explained to her why some things were hard for her, she now feels it OK if everything she tries does not go right,I suggest she tells your son.
I think we have experienced confusion over the terms Dyspraxia or DCD – we have recently arranged a local coffee morning for parents who have children with DCD – which has had a great response – but there were comments about somebody having a child with DCD and asking if it was ok for parents to come whose children had Dyspraxia or was the group just for those with DCD- so I guess we were looking for some confirmation that they were interchageable – so thanks for clarifying that!
Terminology is a mine field. The main thing is that any child with co-ordination difficulties can benefit from these strategies and they won’t do harm.
In a support group it is best to welcome all parents as they are likely to be experiencing many common difficulties and will welcome sharing what has helped together
Thank you! several parents met again yesterday and we are hoping to set up a local support group, which seems to being welcomed by our local therapy centre, occupational therapists and speech therapists. As parents we are finding common difficulties and would welcome any advice we all share the aim, as I guess all parents do, the aim of ensuring we do the best for our children, and find our the best ways we can help! The majority of our chldren are 6-7 and we have found we all share the same difficulties, ‘flare ups’ in behaviour, noise levels, concerns about social skills/friends, handwriting, and worries about what the long term future may hold as our children reach adulthood – I guess these questions are very common – but any advice would be very much appreciated! It would be also interesting to find if there are any conferences/workshops we could attend x