Handwriting speed in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: Are they really slower?
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Handwriting speed in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: are they really slower?
Handwriting difficulties are often included in descriptions of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). They are cited as the most common reason for referral to health professionals following parent and teacher concerns about slow and untidy writing. The aim of this study was to compare handwriting performance in English children with and without DCD across a range of writing tasks, to gain a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Research in Developmental Disabilities
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0891-4222
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.06.005