Most children act with play which means a status of development for a day. Also play includes motor and physical activities. The importance of the play itself may more emphasize for the mental retarded children rather than ordinary children.
The purp...
Most children act with play which means a status of development for a day. Also play includes motor and physical activities. The importance of the play itself may more emphasize for the mental retarded children rather than ordinary children.
The purpose of this study was to illustrate the effectiveness on motor play program for mental retarded children to increase physical ability and social development.
Twelve mental retarded boys, experimental group and twelve mental retarded boys, control group participated for this study. The children were attending a special class in ordinary elementary school. The children were fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. The program which was developed by researcher applied for seven weeks for the experimental group.
The results of this study were that (a) the program indicated the effectiveness to increase the motor abilities; and (b) the program provided positive social development. Therefore this study concluded that the experimental group who exposed with the motor play program is effective to increase the motor abilities and social development rather than those of the control group.
This study suggested that the program also provided the positive emotional and attention abilities for experimental group.