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KMID : 1123620090070010013
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Journal of Korean Society of Sensory Integration Therapists
2009 Volume.7 No. 1 p.13 ~ p.25
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The Effect of Group Sensory Integrative Intervention for Play Skill and Social Interaction
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Hong Eun-Kyoung
Kim Kyeong-Mi
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Abstract
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Objective : The purpose of the study is to find out how group sensory integrative (SI) intervention enhances play skill and social interaction of the children with sensory integration disorders.
Method : Three children who were showing problems related in sensory integration received 12 SI intervention sessions. The Sensory Profile (SP) and The Social Maturity Scale (SMS) were accomplished by the subject’s primary caregiver. Test of Playfulness (ToP) and Peer Social Interactions Rating Scale (PSIRS) were utilized to investigate the children’s play skills and social interactions with their friends. Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) is applied to assess the children’s play skill, social interactions with peer, and sensory processing at each session. Data was collected before- and after the intervention and analyzed by the Wilcoxon matched-pair signed rank test with SPSS/WIN version 10.0 and Microsoft Excel.
Results : The average scores of ToP, PSIRS, and SMS were increased after the sensory integrative intervention. However, there is no significant difference in the play skills and social interactions between data of pre-intervention and the one of post-intervention. The score of the GAS was frequently increased in terms of the play skills and sensory processing throughout the whole sessions.
Conclusions : This study reveals a possibility of that the group sensory integrative intervention may affect not only sensory processing ability, but also play skills and social interactions of children experiencing difficulties of sensory processing. Future research should supplement limitations of this study regarding insufficient number of the subject and the short period of the experiment.
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KEYWORD
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Group sensory integrative intervention, Play skill, Social interaction
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