Effect of Perceptual and Motor Training on Attention in Children with Visual Impairment

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of motor-perceptual training on attention in children with visual impairment. A single-case study was conducted on 3 children with the mean age of 5.5 ± 2.1 and visual impairment (VI) of 70/20 and 200/20. The participants were selected through convenience sampling and matched in terms of demographic features. Language Development Scale, Guzel motor-perceptual Scale, Stanford Binet Scale and Conner’s Neuropsychological Questionnaire were used to collect the data. Multiple baseline design is used. After the baseline situation was set, motor-perceptual training was performed about 8 weeks for the participants. Analysis of data demonstrate that perceptual–motor training had a significant effect on attention (Percentage of non- overlapping data = 87.5 and overlapping data = 12.5). Therefore, it can be concluded that motor-perceptual training can be an appropriate training method for improving attention in children with visual impairment.