Motor development and self-concept of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

It was verified the influence of a motor intervention program in motor development and school of self with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Participated in the 16-week intervention program, 12 children aged 10 years (± 6 months), divided into two groups; seven children with indicative TDC (GT) and five children with risk for TDC (GR). We used the motor battery MABC-2 (Henderson, Sugden, & Barnett, 2007) and Self-awareness Children Scale (Harter, 1982). To analyze the effects of the intervention, we used the Wilcoxon test, the level of significance was set at p >0.05. The program was effective when observing the TDC providing a positive and significant influence on the total score values, standard scores and percentiles MABC-2 test. However, for this self-effectiveness has not been fully confirmed.

Keywords:
Child development; child; self concept