Developmental Coordination Disorder and ADHD

00:00 Introduction
00:26 Definition of DCD or dyspraxia
00:45 Symptoms of dyspraxia or DCD
01:27 Comorbidity of DCD with ADHD review
03:02 Why is DCD so often seen n ADHD: Study of cortical development in children with ADHD
08:16 The unmet needs of children and youth with DCD

Developmental dyspraxia, or developmental coordination disorder (DCD) occurs in 30-50% or more of children and teens with ADHD and remains a highly comorbid condition even into adulthood in those with ADHD. This short video discusses this overlap or comorbidity, what the symptoms are of DCD, why it may occur at such a high rate in those with ADHD (delayed frontal cortical development), the professionals and their treatments often recommended for DCD, and some of the unmet needs of children and teens experiencing DCD.

Websites and articles referenced in the video:

Definition (from the National Health Service, UK): https://www.google.com/search?client=...

Symptoms of DCD or dyspraxia (from Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Develop...

Frequency of DCD in children and youth with ADHD review in Perceptual and motor Skills (2017):
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/...

Phillip Shaw study on delayed gray matter development in children with ADHD from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2007)
https://sciences.ucf.edu/psychology/c...

Unmet needs of children with DCD from Pediatric Research (2021):
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4139...