by Linda Plowden | Nov 15, 2021 | Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a common type of learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in the reading and spelling of words. Dyslexia should be recognised as a spectrum disorder, with symptoms ranging from very mild to very severe. In particular, people with...
by Linda Plowden | Jul 20, 2018 | Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia, also known as DCD (developmental co-ordination disorder), is a disability that affects movement and co-ordination. It is thought to be caused by a disruption in the way messages from the brain are transmitted to the body. Dyspraxia is characterised by...
by Linda Plowden | Nov 8, 2012 | ADHD, Asperger's, Developmental Delay
Developmental Delay is a diagnosis often given to a child with overall learning difficulties and problems such as low tone, cognitive, sensory and physical delay. Often these children do not fit criteria to be seen in the NHS by OT teams. However, this does not mean...
by Linda Plowden | May 23, 2011 | ADHD, Asperger's, Attachment, SPD
Sensory processing disorder or SPD is a neurological disorder causing difficulties with taking in, processing and responding to sensory information about the environment and from within the own body (visual, auditory, tactile, olfaction, gustatory, vestibular and...
by Linda Plowden | May 18, 2011 | Attachment, SAI
Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) arises from a failure to form normal attachments to primary caregivers in early childhood. Such a failure could result from severe early experiences of neglect, abuse, abrupt separation from caregivers between the ages of six months...
