Teaching Children Suffering From Dyspraxia

Dyspraxia has become the point of discussion for• Children suffering from Dyspraxia usually develop
medical practitioners all around the world. Thepoor handwriting skills due to the lack of proper hand
saddest part about this disease is the fact they areeye coordination. Therefore try to give them a
mostly seen in little children and teenagers. Thisslightly sloping surface to write on.
neurological disease is generally acquired from birth• The tutor teaching should be close enough to
and can rob a child of his entire childhood. More andthese patients who have trouble in comprehending or
more people are getting affected by this disease. Inanalyzing audio or visual instructions given from a
fact a few surveys conducted by some medicalconsiderable distance.
research teams have revealed that has much as two• It is a good idea to give them a lined paper that
percent of the entire world population suffers fromhelps them write in a single line. Moreover attaching
diseases like Dyspraxia.the paper to a desk can help them avoid the
Dyspraxia is basically a disorder associated with theadditional task of holding the paper in its original place.
development of motor skills. Therefore children• Teachers should repeat simple verbal instructions
suffering from these diseases find it exceedingly hardwhile teaching kids with Dyspraxia. They should also
to learn new things. This inability to learn is notuse different colored pens while writing on the board.
caused by lack of intelligence, but by the ill-developed• Ideally teachers should break down tasks into
motor skills of the child. However this problem can besmall bits which make it easier for these children in
overcome by following a few simple teachingcompleting their assignments.
strategies. These are:• Children suffering from Dyspraxia should be
• Make sure the individual sits in an upright positionadmitted to Special Needs schools.
with both his feet placed on the floor.