The Effectiveness Perceptual Skills Rebuilding Program on Improving Motor Problem in Student With Developmental Coordination Disorder

Developmental coordination disorder is one of the most obvious deficiencies in the development of motor skills in primary school children. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of perceptual skills program on improving motor problems in children with developmental coordination disorders in elementary students. 

The research was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design. The statistical population includes all students (age range 7-9 years) in the city of Mashhad who had referred to rehabilitation centers in this city in 1396 and their number was 40 people. After identifying students with developmental coordination disorder, 20 of them were randomly selected to receive training and trained for 16 sessions of 30 minutes. The instruments used in the study were Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire Version 7 for Parents (DCDQ-7), Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children (short form) and Broninex-Ozertsky Motor Skills Test.

Analysis of statistical results showed that reconstruction of perceptual skills had a significant effect on the growth of perceptual-motor macro performance (P<0.001, F= 51.25 ) perceptual-motor equilibrium performance (P<0.001, F= 25.11). And fine motor perceptual function( P<0.001, F= 42.32) in children with developmental coordination disorder, and the results of the study indicate a significant effect of perceptual exercises on motor skills of subjects in the experimental group compared to the group. It was control.

The present study showed that perceptual skills training can have useful and significant applications for improving motor problems in children with developmental coordination disorders and can provide various and valuable services for assessment, educational methods and treatment of these children.