The Effectiveness of Remedial Package for Motor Capacities on Motor Skills Improvement in Children with Autism
Document Type : Scientifc
Authors
1 Exceptional children, psychology and education sience, tehran university, tehran,Iran
2 exceptional children psychology and training, psychology and education, Tehran university, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The defective development of motor skills in autistic children has widespread adverse impacts on the formation of high level perceptual and cognitive skills in this group. Movement deficits are correlated with the degree of cognitive and social difficulties, and even stereotyped behaviors observed in this spectrum; they also impact the quality of life in individuals with autism. The aim of this study was to achieve appropriate motor programs for improvement of motor growth and development in children with autism. This single subject study was arranged based on A/B with follow up design. The subject was selected through purposive sampling among autistic students enrolled in the Taha Creative Thinking Center in Karaj city. The subject was Ashkan, an autistic boy aged 9, without any additional sensory or motor disability. Motor skills were measured using Lincoln-Ozeretski Motor Development Scale (oseretski, 1948) as baseline Data during 3 sessions. Treatment was based on pediatric motor developmental profile. Initially, 70 movements in which the child showed weakness were selected from the remedial package of motor capacities (Kharazmi, Rahimabadi and Nazari, 2016) and practiced in the presence of child’s mother during 9 sessions each taking 20 minutes. Data were analyzed utilizing visual analysis of graphic displays and Cohen’s coefficient effect size for statistical significance. The remedial package of motor capacities improved the motor proficiency of the autistic child with a high effect size of 2.07.
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Volume 1, Issue 1
WinterMarch 2018Pages 1-11
- Receive Date: 25 July 2017
- Revise Date: 31 October 2017
- Accept Date: 02 February 2018