Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): January - June 2020
Original research

GEO-DE (Observational Ecological Grid for Evolutionary Dyspraxia): New tool for kindergarten teachers

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  • Anna Di Leva,
  • Rosanna Calabrese,
  • Lidia Accardo,
  • Antonietta Franco,
  • Carmela Gaudino,
  • Marco Letterese,
  • Annamaria Cimmino
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32069/pj.2020.1.70

Published 2020-05-02

Keywords

  • developmental dyspaxia diagnosis, observetional grid, artificial intelligence support

How to Cite

Di Leva, A., Calabrese, R., Accardo, L., Franco, A., Gaudino, C., Letterese, M., & Cimmino, A. (2020). GEO-DE (Observational Ecological Grid for Evolutionary Dyspraxia): New tool for kindergarten teachers. Phenomena Journal - International Journal of Psychopathology, Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, 2(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.32069/pj.2020.1.70
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Abstract

Background. There is currently a terminological confusion between the Developmental Dyspraxia and the Developmental Coordination Disorder. Developmental Dyspaxia is a congenital disorder or an acquired disorder from a young age characterized by an impairment in the intentional motor planning, in the monitoring and in the controlling purposeful movement.

Neural correlates. The neural substrates involved in the developmental dyspaxia are: the parietal lobe, the cerebellum, the corpus callosum, the mirror neurons, the dorsal patway and the frontal cortex.

Objective. The aim of the study is to identify the significant clinical indices of developmental dyspaxia in order to construct an ecological observational grid (GEO-DE) for the early detection of children with mobility impairment between the ages of 3 and 6 years.

Material and methods. The grid is proposed as a tool. It is based on real school experiences of the child through play activities. Grounding the grid in real life experiences will increase its accessibility for educators. Research was conducted on a sample of 165 children from varied primary schools of the Neapolitan territory. This was in order to test the validity and effectiveness of the tool.

Future directions. The final objective of this study is to replace the paper grid with an artificial intelligence support to enable earlier detection of motor disorders.

 Keywords: developmental dyspaxia diagnosis, observetional grid, artificial intelligence support

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