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Effects of Sensory Integration Training Program on Improving Attention Span of Children with Mental Retardation

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2006, 7(3), pp.171-189
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

Jeon, Ok-Bae 1 Seoung-Woo Ahn 2

1부산동암학교
2부산대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study was aimed to reveal effects of sensory integration training program on improving attention span of children with mental retardation. To achieve this goals of this study, 20 children with mental retardation were divided int two groups, 10 member experimental group and 10 member control group. In this study, pretest-posttest control group design was used and several t-tests were conducted to examine the effects of experimental condition between two groups. Superlab Pro 10.5 was used to measure selective attention and persist attention span. This study found that sensory integration training is not effective to improve persistent attention of children with mental retardation, but effective for selective attention.

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