Wade from the School of Kinesiology co-authors book about children’s movement difficulties

Left: Michael Wade, PhD. Right: “Movement Difficulties in Developmental Disorders” book cover

School of Kinesiology professor Michael Wade, PhD, co-authored the book “Movement Difficulties in Developmental Disorders: Practical Guidelines for Assessment and Management” with colleague David Sugden, PhD, late emeritus professor in the School of Education at the University of Leeds, UK.

The book is aimed at professionals, parents and others who work with children who show movement difficulties. The core of the text is focused on children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), the international term for what is often called dyspraxia. It is also aimed at those individuals who show movement difficulties as a secondary and co-occurring characteristic, such as children on the autistic spectrum (ASD), those with generic learning difficulties such as dyslexia, attention deficit disorder and speech and language impairment.