ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on Executive Function deficits in this population, which include Working Memory, attention, and inhibition. Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) refers to movement clumsiness and has gone through many labels, such as clumsy child syndrome or minimal brain dysfunction, and movement-skill problems or motor dyspraxia. The visuospatial memory deficit in children with DCD could be due to the dynamic nature of the stimuli presentation. Dynamic format involves the sequential presentation of the stimuli in the dot matrix test; the dots were presented successively in a new location on a grid. Inhibitory control is a cognitive skill that involves suppressing behavior when prompted by influences either in the individual or in their environment. Children with DCD typically experience difficulties in motor response inhibition tasks when compared to typically-developing children. The common occurrence of concomitant language impairments with DCD has led to the suggestion that linguistic difficulties may underlie some of the learning problems experienced by children with DCD.
