A proposed program to develop some motor skills in children with mental disabilities

Abstract

This research aimed to identify the effect of a proposed program to develop some motor skills in children with mental disabilities. The researchers used the experimental method with a pre- and post-test design for one experimental group to suit the nature of the research. The research community consisted of all students with mental disabilities aged (8-10) years, numbering (55) students from the Center for the Development of Mental Abilities in Janzour. The research sample was randomly selected from children with mental disabilities, numbering (15) students. The most important results were that the arithmetic mean and standard deviation for both the pre- and post-measurements, as well as the percentage of improvement, and that the arithmetic mean for the post-measurement was better than the pre-measurement. The values ​​of the percentage of improvement for the motor variables ranged between (70.7% - 92.68%). This confirms the existence of differences in the pre- and post-measurements in favor of the post-measurement in the level of motor skills. It is clear from these results that all values ​​of the significance levels (Sig) are less than the level (0.05), which indicates the existence of statistically significant differences between the averages of the pre-measurements and the post-measurements in favor of the averages of the post-measurements in the level of motor skills.