Description
This informative, practical book is intended to help parents and teachers with innovative ideas that they can use to encourage and support children to improve motor skills. It looks at every stage, through early years at home, at nursery school, primary and secondary school and into adulthood. With information about causes and symptoms given in simple terms, as well as information about diagnostic procedures and the characteristics of the condition, Amanda Kirby shows that while dyspraxia cannot be cured, it can be overcome and its effects minimised. With the aid of this book a parent can ensure that their child is equipped with strategies to lead as normal a life as possible.
This informative and practical guide to dyspraxia helps parents and teachers to encourage and support children to improve their motor skills
About the Author
Dr Amanda Kirby is a GP and a leading authority on Dyspraxia, as well as the mother of a dyspraxic child. She founded the Dyscovery Centre to help other families whose children have motor co-ordination difficulties.
Reviews
She writes from considerable experience... offers improvement techniques for home and school. * Irish Independent *
Deals with the condition practically, offering suggestions for how a child's co-ordination skills can be improved at any age. * Newcastle Journal *
A must for all practitioners and parents of children with dyspraxia and development co-ordination disorder (DCD)... Dr Kirby's practical experiences and observations of children and adults with dyspraxia is highly accessible and readable, successfully dealing with a very complex subject. -- 'Dyslexia Contact', British Dyslexia Association
The first wide-ranging and popular guide for parents and others who wrestle daily with the difficulties... It is both immensely practical and written from the heart. -- 'Daily Telegraph' * . *
Book Information
ISBN 9780285635128
Author Amanda Kirby
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Souvenir Press Ltd
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 214mm * 136mm * 20mm
This informative and practical guide to dyspraxia helps parents and teachers to encourage and support children to improve their motor skills
About the Author
Dr Amanda Kirby is a GP and a leading authority on Dyspraxia, as well as the mother of a dyspraxic child. She founded the Dyscovery Centre to help other families whose children have motor co-ordination difficulties.
Reviews
She writes from considerable experience... offers improvement techniques for home and school. * Irish Independent *
Deals with the condition practically, offering suggestions for how a child's co-ordination skills can be improved at any age. * Newcastle Journal *
A must for all practitioners and parents of children with dyspraxia and development co-ordination disorder (DCD)... Dr Kirby's practical experiences and observations of children and adults with dyspraxia is highly accessible and readable, successfully dealing with a very complex subject. -- 'Dyslexia Contact', British Dyslexia Association
The first wide-ranging and popular guide for parents and others who wrestle daily with the difficulties... It is both immensely practical and written from the heart. -- 'Daily Telegraph' * . *
Book Information
ISBN 9780285635128
Author Amanda Kirby
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Souvenir Press Ltd
Publisher Profile Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 240g
Dimensions(mm) 214mm * 136mm * 20mm
