Therapy Program for Academic Skills in Children With Intellectual Disability
Condition: Intellectual Disability, Mild; Educational Problems
MeSH terms: Intellectual Disability
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a physical and occupational therapy
      program on academic skills in a sample of Egyptian children with intellectual disability. It
      also aims to provide a program based on physical and occupational therapy activities and
      techniques to develop children's basic abilities through play to make learning more enjoyable
    

Detailed description: 
      This study hypothesis

        1. There are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the children
           of the experimental group in the pre and post measurements on the academic skills scale
           for children with mental disabilities and its sub-components in favor of the post
           measurement.

        2. There are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the
           children of the experimental group in the post and follow-up measurements on the
           academic skills scale for children with mental disabilities and its sub-components.

      RESEARCH QUESTION:

      What is the effect of a physical and occupational therapy program in improving academic
      skills (reading - writing - arithmetic) in a sample of children with mild intellectual
      disabilities? The study should include 20 children diagnosed with mild intellectual
      disability according to Stanford Binet scale 5th edition between the age of 8 to 10 years old
      from both sexes recruited from Noor Al-Sabah Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of
      People with Intellectual Disabilities from children with mild mental disabilities

      Inclusive criteria

        1. The child should be between 8 and 10 years of age of both sexes

        2. The child should be of mild intellectual disabilities according to Stanford Binet scale
           5th edition

        3. The child should not be suffering from any apparent physical deformity in upper limbs,
           lower limbs or spine

        4. The child should not suffer from any visual or auditory disorder

      Exclusive criteria

        1. Children out of age range

        2. Children with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities

        3. Children with physical deformities in upper limb, lower limb or spine

        4. Children suffering from visual or auditory disorders

        5. Children of parents who refuse to sign the consent form
    

Intervention name(s): play therapy; common educational methods
Intervention type(s): Other; Other
Intervention description(s): A combined program based on physical and occupational therapy techniques within a play context; the child will receive his education in a passive manner
Other intervention name(s): physical and occupational therapy program; Passive class room education
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: Quasi experimental
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Treatment