Current Updates and Future Perspectives of Developmental Coordination Disorders in Children: From Classroom to Lab, and Back
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Child and Adolescent Psychiatry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2024 | Viewed by 126
Special Issue Editor
Interests: developmental coordination disorder (DCD); neurodevelopmental disorders; sleep disorders in childhood; child and adolescent psychiatry; brain imaging; special needs education
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Dear Colleagues,
DCD is a neurodevelopmental disorder that occurs in 5-8% of children and is often comorbid with other neurodevelopmental disorders. Recently, however, it has been suggested that DCD is not simply a comorbidity of these neurodevelopmental disorders, but that the development of sensory motor experiences and coordination in a fetus is an important basis for social communication in ASD and executive function in ADHD. In addition, various sensory and visuospatial processing issues in DCD, particularly in relation to learning, especially in mathematics, and functional brain imaging studies focusing on internal models and mirror neuron systems are becoming clearer.
This Special Issue of Children aims to draw on the current updates and future perspectives in DCD research, including the following topics: epidemiology, comorbidities (including ASD, ADHD, and dyslexia), functional brain imaging, other emerging technologies (eye tracking, wearable sensors), genetics, intervention approaches (CO-OP, VR, neurorehabilitation, robotics), and transition support into adolescence and adulthood.
In particular, DCD research with the potential to have important translational effects in clinical, rehabilitation and educational or school settings is welcome.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Akio Nakai
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- developmental coordination disorder (DCD)
- neurodevelopmental disorders
- autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
- attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD)
- specific learning disorder (SLD) and dyslexia
- motor skill learning
- sensory processing and sensory integration
- comorbidity
- brain imaging
- genetics
- intervention
- neurorehabilitation
- special needs education
- robotics
