Open AccessClinical observations and developmental coordination disorder: Is there a relationship?
Author(s) -
McConnell David B.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
occupational therapy international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1557-0703
pISSN - 0966-7903
DOI - 10.1002/oti.6150010407
Subject(s) - psychology , motor coordination , motor skill , developmental psychology , clinical significance , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry
This exploratory investigation examined the validity of using Wilson's format of clinical observations to assess children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Wilson's Clinical Observations format closely follows the original format by Johnson and is based on the work of A. J. Ayres. Forty‐five children 6–9 years of age, including 15 children with DCD, 15 children below average and 15 children average or better in their motor skill performance were assessed using clinical observations. Differences among these three groups of children were significant or approached significance on 19 out of 36 observations. The implications of the findings for using clinical observations to assess children with DCD are discussed.