Awareness about developmental coordination disorder

Bert Steenbergen; Ludvík Valtr; Carolyn Dunford; Melissa Prunty; Hidde Bekhuis; Taha Yassine Temlali; Femke van Abswoude; Jessica M Lust; Griet Warlop; Mireille Augustijn; Bouwien C M Smits-Engelsman; Peter H Wilson

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1345257

Awareness about developmental coordination disorder

Front Public Health. 2024 Feb 1:12:1345257. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1345257. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
² Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czechia.
³ Department of Health Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁶ Department of Physical Activity, Sport and Recreation, Faculty Health Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
⁷ Healthy Brain and Mind Research Centre, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Abstract

The present paper is designed to promote awareness of DCD outside the academic world. With a prevalence of 5-6% it is one of the most common disorders of child development. It is therefore surprising that so little is known about it among professionals in child healthcare and education. Parents have expressed frustration about this lack of awareness, including the general public. The general aim of this paper was to describe those critical aspects of DCD that will promote awareness.

Keywords: awareness; childhood; coordination; developmental; disorder.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Child Development
Educational Status
Humans
Motor Skills Disorders* / epidemiology
Parents
Prevalence

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The research of MA is supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO: 1232221N). This research of PW is supported by the Czech Science Foundation (GACR EXPRO scheme: 21-15728X). The authors are part of the “DCD Big Ideas Group” consisting of 25 key researchers in the field of DCD (from early-career to established) working to develop a clear vision for the future of research on DCD. BS and HB were supported by a grant (TRIAL) from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), grant number NWA.1160.18.249.