Esse evento é organizado pela Escola de Psicologia e Fonoaudiologia da Universidade Curtin e contará com diversas apresentações.
Nossa apresentação será parte integrante de um grupo de palestras realizadas nesse evento pelo Grupo de colaboração de pesquisas sobre o transtorno de desenvolvimento da coordenação da Austrália Ocidental (The WA Developmental Coordination Disorder Research Collaboration), do qual fazem parte a Professora Emérita Jan Piek, Dr Daniela Rigoli e Vincent Mancini (Curtin University), Professora Beth Hands, Dr Fleur McIntyre e Amanda Timler (University of Notre Dame), Professora Melissa Licari (University of Western Australia) e Ms. Juliana Goulardins (Universidade de São Paulo - GEADI).
Segue abaixo o resumo da apresentação:
"Motor competence is critically important for involvement in, not only physical activity opportunities, but also effective social and emotional functioning, social status and peer acceptance. The inability to execute movement skills at an age appropriate level is a common problem impacting a large proportion of the population. When this impacts on activities of daily living or academic ability, but is not attributable to any neurological condition such as cerebral palsy, it is termed Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), known to affect around 6-10% of school age children. WA is an internationally recognised hub for research on DCD. For several years, researchers from Curtin University (Emeritus Professor Jan Piek), University of Notre Dame (Professor Beth Hands) and UWA (Dr Melissa Licari) have been meeting to consolidate their research in this area, resulting in several joint publications and collaborative grants. This collaboration is now supported by a Collaborative Research Network Grant awarded to the University of Notre Dame. The group has now expanded to include Post-Doctoral researchers, and PhD students. These early career researchers will present their research which includes understanding the relationship between motor coordination difficulties and psychosocial problems in children and adolescents, and an examination of the potential neurological mechanisms of DCD. This group also has strong links internationally. Research conducted in collaboration with Professor John Cairney from McMaster University, Canada, which resulted in a model investigating the relationship between DCD and internalising problems, will be discussed. Furthermore, research examining the link between ADHD and DCD being conducted at the University of São Paulo, and ongoing work with the University of Leeds and University of Southern California examining brain function will be presented."
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