Motor Profile of Students With Dyslexia.pdfVIP

PsychologyResearch，ISSN 2159-5542 January2014，Vo1．4，No．1，31-39 司 LlS H lN塔 M otorProfileofStudentsW ithDyslexia PaolaMatikoMartins FabianaGarciaRamos， AmandaKirby SimoneAparecida Okuda LaraCristinaAntunes TheDyscoveryCentre， Capellini UniversidadeEstadual dosSantos，Niura UniversityofSouthWales， UniversidadeEstadual Paulista—-FFC／LJNESP． AparecidadeMoura Newport，UK Paulista-- FFC／UNESP． M arilia—Sg_oPaulo．Brazil RibeiroPadula Marilia—SlioPaulo，Brazil UniversidadeEstadual Pau1ista— FM ／UNESP． Botucatu．SaOPaulo．Brazil Inthepresenceofdevelopmentaldyslexia，thereishighprobabilityofmotordifficultiesbeingpresentaswell purposes：Thepurposesofthisstudyweretocharacterizeandcomparethemotorperformanceofstudentswith dyslexiawithstudentswithgoodacademicperformanceandtoidentifythepresenceoftheDCD(developmental coordinationdisorder)co-occurringwithdevelopmentaldyslexia．Atotalof79studentsparticipatedinthe research，bothgenders，from 8to 11yearsold，from 3rdto 5thgrades，and weredivided into Group I：I9 studentswithdevelopmentaldyslexiaand Group II：60 studentsw ithgood academicperformance．Allthe studentswereassessedusing TheBruininks-OseretskyTestofMotorProficiency”(secondedition)，tomeasure themotorskillsandthepatternanddifferencesbetweengroups．Theresultsofthisstudyshowedthatthemotor performanceofGroupI1studentswassuperiortotheperformanceofstudentsofGroup Iinalmostallmotor areasassessedbutbothgro