This study was aimed at revealing effects of sensory integration training program on improving concentration of mental retardation children. According to the goal of this study, 20 mental retardation children were divided into 2 groups, 10-member expe...
This study was aimed at revealing effects of sensory integration training program on improving concentration of mental retardation children. According to the goal of this study, 20 mental retardation children were divided into 2 groups, 10-member experimental group and 10-member control group for sampling, to apply sensory integration training program developed in tactile, vestibular, vision, and auditory terms. In this study, pretest-posttest control group design was selected and for verification procedure, the result of pre-post testing of selective concentration and persistent concentration was processed through t-verification, to compare two groups. There was Superlab Pro 1.05 for measuring instrument to measure selective concentration and persistent concentration.
The conclusions of this study are as follows.
Firstly, sensory integration training was a program to improve selective concentration of mental retardation children. That is, mental retardation children receiving sensory integration training showed significant improvements of response rates in post-test after that.
Secondly, sensory integration training did not show statistical difference but showed little difference in average response delay time of selective concentration of mental retardation children. That is, it could be said that single sensory integration training was not enough to reduce response delay time of selective concentration of mental retardation children.
Thirdly, sensory integration training was not effective in response rates of persistent concentration of mental retardation children and response delay time. Since persistent concentration varied depending on study period and handicap condition, the study for it was required in the future.