Comparison of motor skills in Children with developmental coordination disorder and normal peers

Developmental coordination disorder (dcd) is a motor skill disorder which impacts upon achild, s ability to perform age- appropriate activity of daily living and academic performance. they haveproblems in gross & fine motors, their upper limb coordination are impaired, too .in this way, we decidedto compare motors skills with botmp test in children with dcd and their normal peers.method: in this study 30 children with dcd (age range is 6/5-8/5) have studied and compared with theirnormal peers.bruininks- oseretsky test of motor proficiency (botmp) was used.results: the study showed motor skills in dcd children are significantly poorer than their normal peers(p<0/001).gross motor and fine motor skills and the upper limb coordination are significant impaired indcd children.conclusion: in the process of evaluation children with dcd, standard instruments, like botmp can beused.botmp detected deficiency in gross & fine motor and other area like, upper limb coordination .weneed accurate informations for better treatment.botmp can be used in the process of evaluation for everydcd child , after that goals of treatment will be clearer.