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KMID : 1123620180160010025
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Journal of Korean Society of Sensory Integration Therapists
2018 Volume.16 No. 1 p.25 ~ p.34
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Effect of Sensory Integration Group Therapy on Fine Motor, Social Interaction and Playfulness of Preschool Children With Intellectual Disabilities
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Choi Ji-Hyun
Kim Hee
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Abstract
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Objective : This study aims to figure out the effect that sensory integration group therapy has on the fine motor, social interaction and playfulness of preschool children with intellectual disability.
Methods : Participants were four children from three to five years old who were diagnosed with intellectual disabilities and they participated in twelve sessions of sensory integration group therapy, sixty minutes per session and once a week. Sensory integration group therapy was composed of parallel and peer play-centered gross motor activities, art activities and sensory plays that were related to each theme. Erhardt Developmental Prehension Assessment(EDPA), Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS) and Test of Playfulness (ToP) were used to evaluate participants’ fine motor, social interaction and playfulness before and after the intervention. Results of fine motor, social interaction and playfulness before and after the intervention were compared using Wilcoxon matched-pair signed rank test.
Results : After sensory integration group therapy intervention, the fine motor skills of participants did not show significant increases, but social interaction and playfulness showed significant increases (p< .05).
Conclusion : Although sensory integration group therapy with preschool children with intellectual disability did not show positive improvement in fine motor skills, it showed positive effect on social interaction and playfulness. Group sensory integration therapy might be an intervention approach for all children with disabilities.
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KEYWORD
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children with intellectual disability, fine motor activity, play, sensory integration group therapy, social interaction
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