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Examining the cognitive profile of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder in Indian context
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GANAPATHY SANKAR.U, MONISHA.R, S.SUBASH
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Children with developmental coordination disorder struggles academically inspite of having a high IQ and they were considered to be present with limited cognitive abilities and in the current study, we aim to examine the IQ of children with and without developmental coordination disorder and also we aimed to identify the children who exhibits cognitive weakness. Hundred children were included in the study and 50 children’s were with the diagnosis of DCD. The included children were of age group 5-10 years and exclusion criteria include children with IQ less than 70 and exhibits neurological and any other musculoskeletal disorders. WISC-IV was used in the study to examine the cognitive capability of children with and without DCD. In the current study it is documented that children with DCD exhibits poor performance than typically developing children in response speed and working memory. It has been documented through individual assessment that children with DCD exhibit varying capability while performing in sports and other academic activities. Inspite of having a greater score in full scale IQ, children displays difficulty in cognitive indices. We conclude that there is a heterogeneous profile noted in children with DCD and the wide variation noted in cognitive profile will be taken into consideration when designing assistance plan in education.
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DCD, IQ, Cognitive profile, WISC-IV, Primary school children
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.04.540
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