Tomorrow trustee Matt and his girlfriend Rosie’s dad will be taking part in great Manchester Run to raise awareness of issues close to their hearts, mental health and dyspraxia. To sponsor Matt and find out more:
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From our friends at University of Surrey, please contact them directly should your child wish to participate.
Brain scientists wanted!!
We are researchers at the University of Surrey aiming to improve our understanding of how the brain works in Developmental Coordination Disorder. We are looking for children aged 7-10 with a diagnosis of DCD/dyspraxia who would like to be 'brain scientists' for the day! We have visit times available at the weekends, during half term and the summer holidays, and would love to book you in soon!
You can see in the photos one of our participants wearing our special cap, and watching his own brain working on the screen! Children are shown lots of different sequences (pictures, words, lights) and asked to spot the ones that go wrong. They become a ‘sequence detective’! Understanding how the brain works while doing this task could help to explain difficulties in completing motor actions, as well as in other areas such as language in DCD.
Parents will be present at all times during the visit, and we can be flexible around times and dates. For more information about the study or if you have any queries about the procedures used, please contact Lewis Ralph ([email protected]) in the first instance. For this project, we cannot include children with any secondary diagnoses of ASD, ADHD, or dyslexia, although children with language problems or a diagnosis of Language Disorder can take part. Travel expenses to the University of Surrey can be reimbursed. No further participants will be tested after November 2018.
This study has been reviewed by and received a favourable ethical opinion from the University of Surrey Ethics Committee. ... See MoreSee Less
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Jessica Saunders, a post-graduate student at the University of Surrey is looking for participants for research she is carrying out in children aged 7-12 years with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) on identifying facial emotion. If you would like your child to take part please click the link below which will take you to our website where you will find all the relevant information;
dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/participants-wanted-surrey-university/ ... See MoreSee Less
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