THE ASSESSMENT OF MOTOR IMPAIRMENT IN CHILDREN WITH MODERATE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES

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Summary.: Two tests of motor behaviour examined the performance of 8‐and 12‐year‐old children with moderate learning difficulties. On the Test of Motor Impairment 50 per cent of 8‐year‐olds and 29 per cent of 12‐year‐olds had motor problems as compared to 5 per cent in a normal population. One third of 8‐year‐olds and one fifth of 12‐year‐olds were performing at least two years below their age level. The Test of Kinaesthetic Sensitivity assessed the kinaesthetic abilities of children, possibly offering explanations for the children's poor performance. On the Kinaesthetic Acuity test only seven out of 61 children reached the mean level score from the normative data, while on the Kinaesthetic Memory test 18 reached this level. There was a variable relationship between the two tests. The children who failed the Test of Motor Impairment did have poorer scores on both parts of the Test of Kinaesthetic Sensitivity, but the difference between these and the scores of the children who passed was not great enough to be predictive.

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