Hudson, KD;
Farran, EK;
(2013)
Facilitating complex shape drawing in Williams syndrome and typical development.
Research in Developmental Disabilities
, 34
(7)
pp. 2133-2142.
10.1016/j.ridd.2013.04.004.
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Abstract
Individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) produce drawings that are disorganised, likely due to an inability to replicate numerous spatial relations between parts. This study attempted to circumvent these drawing deficits in WS when copying complex combinations of one, two and three shapes. Drawing decisions were reduced by introducing a number of facilitators, for example, by using distinct colours and including facilitatory cues on the response sheet. Overall, facilitation improved drawing in the WS group to a comparable level of accuracy as typically developing participants (matched for non-verbal ability). Drawing accuracy was greatest in both groups when planning demands (e.g. starting location, line lengths and changes in direction) were reduced by use of coloured figures and providing easily distinguished and clearly grouped facilitatory cues to form each shape. This study provides the first encouraging evidence to suggest that drawing of complex shapes in WS can be facilitated; individuals with WS might be receptive to remediation programmes for drawing and handwriting.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Facilitating complex shape drawing in Williams syndrome and typical development |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.04.004 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2013.04.004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0. |
| Keywords: | Adolescent, Adult, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Male, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Space Perception, Williams Syndrome, Young Adult |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475374 |
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