The object of this research is to investigate the effects of gross motor skill focused play on the motor skills and social development of children with behavioral disorders. to see the effects on motor skills and social development, a qualitative befo...
The object of this research is to investigate the effects of gross motor skill focused play on the motor skills and social development of children with behavioral disorders. to see the effects on motor skills and social development, a qualitative before and after research was designed and conducted.
The subject children of this reason was selected from a normal elementary school at the first grade level in which the researcher works at. Among them, children who ① do not have amicable relationships with classmates, ② have many complaints ③, have dark facial expressions, ④ bothers friends and fights often, ⑤ do not keep to the rules, ⑥ and screams pausing the class's academic atmosphere causing damages to the entire student body were selected. The inspection tools used to understand the behavior disordered children of this research are the KEDI-WISC intelligence test, social maturity test, Oseretsky Motor Skill Test, and the KISE development measure (social emotion behavior development). Also, using a VIDEO, the gros s motor skill play scenes were recorded, and the conversation of the subject children in class were observed and recorded on 17 separate occasions.
The conclusions based on the above are as follows.
First of all, a desirable effect in the development of the motor skills in children with behavioral disorders were shown through the gross motor skills cooperative play. Among the six areas of examination in the Oseretsky motor skills test, there was progress in the normal movement cooperation, but for the static cooperation, hand motion cooperation, motor skill, simultaneous voluntary motion, and single motion conduction skills maintained the same level as that of the initial test of motor skills.
Secondly, a desirable effect in the social development of children with behavioral disorders were recorded in result of the motor skills cooperative play. Great progress is displayed in the social maturity test and the KISE development measure (social emotional behavior). In the acquirement of a social standard, especially, a non-apparent behavior progressed to an almost perfect level.
By looking back at these conclusions, there is a very close relationship between the gross motor skills cooperative play and the motor skills and social development, and it can be said that this gross motor skill cooperative play is an important influence to the motor skill and social development. Currently, there is an inclination trend for children at the normal elementary school level to have a behavior disorder. Behavior disorder children needs much more love and interest than normal children. Looking from these perspectives, a policy for elementary schools to make a bold decrease in the number of students per class is needed, as well as a search of various measures and development of assorted programs.