Introduction

For this reason, parents, teachers and other professionals are right to be concerned when their children fi nd movement tasks diffi cult. Perhaps these children are a bit clumsy, falling over thin air or bumping into others, or perhaps they simply cannot do what their friends do in terms of fastening buttons, tying laces or being able to catch or kick a ball. Or perhaps their diffi culties are much more severe so that their life is signifi cantly affected. Most children with dyspraxia will walk and run to a certain degree (Sugden 2006) but their movement patterns appear fl oppy or uncoordinated. They lack fl uidity and rhythm and their balance is poor. Possibly they will not have crawled.