Pediatrics Rehabilitation Exam 2 Practice

Imitation of body positions taps into praxis and motor planning. Children with DCD often have trouble forming and executing coordinated actions, especially when they must observe a posture and reproduce it. Copying a position requires perceptual processing, planning a motor sequence, coordinating multiple joints, and maintaining balance to match the posture—all areas where motor planning can be challenging in DCD. That makes imitation of body positions the best fit for the blank. While balancing, jumping, and walking are also affected by coordination problems, they are general motor tasks rather than the specific skill of reproducing a seen posture.