In a message dated 13/05/02 16:49:18 GMT Daylight Time,
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<< Can anyone tell me what Dyskinaesthesia is and where I can find
more information about it? a student is requesting extra time on
the basis of this condition.
Thanks
Katy >>
The following is taken from a paper at this location found by typing
dyskinaesthesia into Google. It was the only reference it produced. It seems
that they define it as 'clumsiness'. My 18 year old son studying A level
Sports Studies recognised kinaesthesis.
Go to
www.leeds.ac.uk/nuffield/portfolio/dyspraxia.pdf
for the full paper on dyspraxia
However, it should not be assumed that the student experiences the full range
of symptoms or difficulties asspociated with a disability. They need to be
assessed to determine whether in their case it would impact on theior
performance.
"Laszlo and Bairstow (1985) have written extensively about the concept of
kinaesthesis. They define kinaesthesis as that sense which provides the
individualwith information about the position of the body; the direction,
extent and speed ofmovements; and the pressure and force that muscles exert.
As kinaesthesis is essential to skilled motor performance and is not fully
developed until later childhood, it is argued that clumsiness and poor
co-ordination in children resultsfrom a lack of kinaesthetic ability, or
dyskinaesthesia. Based on these ideas, theauthors have developed a form of
therapy known as the process orientated approach. Unlike task orientated
methods, which involve repeated practice ofspecific motor skills, the process
orientated approach aims to improve theunderlying perceptual and motor
processes."
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