Developmental Coordination Disorder UK Conference
Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing
Liverpool John Moores University
27th and 28th June 2014
Friday 27th June 2014
09.30 - 10.00
10.00 - 10.15
10.15 - 10.30
10.30 - 11.30
11.30 - 11.50
11.50 - 13.10
Arrival, registration and tea/coffee
Welcome by Professor Nigel Weatherill, Vice Chancellor, Liverpool
John Moores University
Welcome and conference overview: Professor Philip Vickerman,
Liverpool John Moores University
Key note 1: Dr Greg Reid, McGill University, Canada
Break and refreshments
Perception and Action in Locomotion
11.50 Scott-Roberts & Purcell
Incidence and impact of falls in adults with significant motor
coordination difficulties
12.15 Du, Wilmut & Barnett
Locomotor Behaviour of Individuals with and without DCD while
navigating through apertures
12.40 Purcell, Wilmut & Wann
Do children with DCD accurately predict their action gaps?
13.10 - 14.15
14.15 - 15.35
13.05 Discussion
Lunch, opportunities for networking
Handwriting and Learning Manual Skills
14.15 Prunty, Barnett, Wilmut & Plumb
Handwriting speed in children with DCD: Does grip strength or pen
pressure play a role?
14.40 Dring
Strategy games for handwriting improvement
15.05 Magallón, Narbona & Crespo-Eguílaz
Procedural learning in children with DCD
15.35 - 16.30
19.30 - 23.00
15.30 Discussion
Tea/coffee and posters
Conference Dinner
Saturday 28th June 2014
09.30 - 10.00
10.00 - 10.15
10.15 - 11.15
11.15 - 11.45
11.45 - 13.15
Arrival, registration (as required) and tea/coffee
Welcome and conference overview for Day two: Professor Philip
Vickerman, Liverpool John Moores University
Key note lecture Professor David Sugden, University of Leeds, UK
Poster presentations – (including tea/coffee)
Non-Motor Features
11.45 Hill, Mushtaq, O’Neill, Williams & Mon-Williams
The relationship between children's manual coordination and
behavioural strengths and difficulties
12.10 Hill, Leonard, Bernardi & Henry
Executive functioning in children with and without motor difficulties
12.35 Hill, Kenny & Hamilton
Cognitive systems underlying the co-occurrence of motor and
social difficulties in primary school children
13.05 - 14.15
14.15 - 16.05
13.00 Discussion
Lunch, opportunities for networking and posters
Intervention and Longitudinal Work
14.15 Miles, Wood, Vine, Vickers & Wilson
A Quiet Eye Intervention to improve the catching performance of
children with DCD
14.40 Sugden, Chambers & McQuillan
An investigation into the profiles of children with DCD for motor and
associated characteristics over time
15.05 Kirby, Thomas & Williams
Long‐term well‐being and DCD: thoughts regarding future
functioning
15.30 Shire, Hill, Snapp-Childs, Kountoriotis, Bingham &
Mon-Williams
Feasibility and results of a robotic-arm intervention to improve fine-motor
control in children with motor impairments
16.05 - 16.30
16.30 - 17.00
15.55 Discussion
Closing remarks: Professor Anna Barnett, Oxford Brookes
University
Refreshments, networking and close of conference