NCT05900830

Therapy Program for Academic Skills in Children With Intellectual Disability

Effect of a Physical and Occupational Therapy Program on Academic Skills in Egyptian Children With Intellectual Disability

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Beni-Suef University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

Conditions

• Intellectual Disability, Mild
• Educational Problems

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	play therapy	A combined program based on physical and occupational therapy techniques within a play context
OTHER	common educational methods	the child will receive his education in a passive manner

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-11-15
• Primary completion: 2023-01-30
• Completion: 2023-02-05
• First posted: 2023-06-13
• Last updated: 2024-11-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt