Naslov
A COMPARISON OF MOTOR SKILLS AMONG CHILDREN WITH COMMUNICATION, SPEECH, AND LANGUAGE DISORDER

Autori
Knežević, Dora ; Sangster Jokić, Claire

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
6th Croatian Speech and Language Pathology Congres: Challenges of modern speech and language pathology 2022.

Mjesto i datum
Split, Hrvatska, 01.04.2022. - 03.04.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
motor skills ; communication disorders ; language disorders ; speech disorders ; developmental coordination disorder

Sažetak
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a disorder that affects 5-6% of school-aged children (Sugden &amp ; Chambers, 2005). Children with DCD have difficulties acquiring and performing age- appropriate motor skills, which interferes with activities of daily living and academic achievement.Comorbidity of DCD with other developmental disorders of childhood is often observed. Specifically, research has indicated that characteristics of DCD are identifiable in 70% of children with speech-language difficulties (Blank et al., 2011), that approximately half of children with developmental dyslexia also have DCD (Biotteau, 2015), and that children with childhood apraxia of speech are at greater risk for fine and gross motor difficulties (Iuzzini-Seigel, 2019). Furthermore, previous research has demonstrated motor difficulties such as fine and gross motor skill delays and/or atypical movement patterns among children with autism. Given that the literature indicates a high incidence of motor disorders among children with communication, language and speech disorders, the aim of this study was to compare the motor skills of children with various communication, speech and/or language diagnoses. This study was conducted as part of the larger research project “Validation of an assessment tool for early identification of developmental coordination disorder: Examining the psychometric properties of the Croatian version of the Motor coordination questionnaire (DCDQ-HR)”. This questionnaire represents a standardized method for measuring a child' s coordination in daily, functional activities and can be used with children between 5 and 15 years of age. It is made up of 15 items that examine: control during movement, fine motor and handwriting skills, and general coordination. The participants in this study were parents of kindergarten- and school-aged children whose children were participating in ongoing speech-language or occupational therapy. Participants completed the DCDQ-HR upon invitation to participate in the study by their child’s therapist. Children (N=111 ; 76 boys and 35 girls) were divided into groups according to their presenting disorder(s): communication disorders (social communication disorder and autistic spectrum disorder) ; language disorders (delayed language development, developmental language disorder, dyslexia) ; speech disorders articulation-phonological disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, fluency disorders) ; or a combination of more than one of these categories (i.e., communication and language disorders ; language and speech disorders ; communication, language and speech disorders). Children whose difficulties fall within the exclusion criteria for DCD diagnosis were not included in this study. Mean age of children was 7 ; 07 years. Considering the small size of groups, nonparametric statistics (Kruskal Wallis Test) were conducted. Findings indicate that there is a statistically significant difference between groups of children with different disorders. Children with a combination of communication and language disorders achieved the lowest results on the DCDQ-HR (M: 34, 03), while children with language difficulties alone achieved the highest results (M: 67, 51).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti

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