Child: Care, Health and Development
Strengthening School‐Based Support Systems for Children and Youth With Developmental Coordination Disorder: A National Survey of Canadian Parents
ABSTRACT Background Parents of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) face barriers in accessing school‐based services and supports for their children despite challenges in academic attainment related to motor coordination difficulties and secondary consequences associated with DCD. Changes to service delivery are vital for student success but need to be rooted in parent‐ and child‐identified needs and priorities. Purpose To explore parent perspectives of children (5–18 years) with DCD on the barri …