Dyspraxia

A parent's guide from pre-school to adulthood

Dr Amanda Kirby

Dr Kirby, who has written this book to help parents and carers, is a practising GP and Director of the Healthcall Discovery Centre. As she also has a child with dyspraxia she can speak about this condition from very differing viewpoints.

Starting with the earliest days she takes the reader through every stage of a child’s development, focussing on the important questions to ask yourself, as well as the professionals. The book is full of tips on how to help a child with everyday skills, often through play. The chapter ‘The Child in School’ will be of great help to teachers and nursery carers and there are many suggestions for helping a child with dyspraxia in class, and ways to help improve auditory and visual memory.

The ‘Secondary School Child’ chapter informs us that special attention needs to be paid to the child at this time, and there are strategies to help and prepare a child for the change from primary to secondary school.

The strength of this book is to take the reader into adulthood, college and beyond. Also, the glossary of terms which will help parents find their way when they come up against the technical language used by some professionals.

 published by Souvenir Press

   12.99      $24.95       ISBN: 028563512

Review published 7 October 2002 © Jill Curtis 2002

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