چکیده:
The present research was conducted to investigate the effect of sensory stimulation on improving motor skills (fine and gross) of trainable students with intellectual disabilities and developmental coordination disorder. The research method was experimental with a pre-test, post-test design and a control group. The population of this research included all trainable students with intellectual disabilities in Isfahan city during the elementary period, from whom 30 students with motor coordination disorder were screened using the Persian version of the Developmental Coordination Disorder Checklist among students with intellectual disabilities studying in special schools through multi-stage cluster sampling, and then randomly assigned to two groups: control and experimental. The tools of this research were the Lincoln-Ozeretsky Motor Development Scale and the Developmental Coordination Disorder Checklist (Salehi et al., 2011). Data were analyzed using Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA). The findings showed that the sensory stimulation intervention method was effective in improving the motor skills of these children (p < 0.001). The results of this research showed that the sensory stimulation intervention method was effective in improving the motor skills of trainable students with intellectual disabilities and developmental coordination disorder; therefore, the use of this method is suggested as a method for improvement and rehabilitation of this disorder.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The results of this research indicated that the sensory stimulation intervention method was effective in improving the motor skills of trainable students with intellectual disabilities and developmental coordination disorder; therefore, the use of this method is suggested as a method for improvement and rehabilitation of this disorder.
Keywords: sensory stimulation, motor skills, students with intellectual disabilities, developmental coordination disorder Introduction Children who differ from typical peers in physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and emotional aspects and cannot fully utilize the services available to others are called children with special needs 1.
Therefore, the present research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of the sensory stimulation training method on improving the motor skills of students with intellectual disabilities and DCD disorder.
The main hypothesis in this research is that the sensory stimulation method is effective on improving the motor skills of trainable students with intellectual disabilities and DCD disorder.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Text Revision (DSM- IVTR) putting matches in a box; strengthening visual skills using word cards; auditory skills using the sentence construction method; strengthening attention and concentration using a neurofeedback device; strengthening motor skills using physical activities; stimulating children's tactile system, especially finger movements through massage, and using a jumping board to stimulate the child's balance system (Asadoust, 2008).
Discussion The aim of the present research was to investigate the effectiveness of the sensory stimulation intervention method on improving motor skills (fine and gross) in students with intellectual disabilities and developmental coordination disorder.
(2012); Kamalian Mehrizi (2011); Razaghi (2011); Jokartang Karami (2011); Ebrahimi Sani (2009); Sortigi et al.
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