Using a memory for sentences procedure, 50 learning disabled boys, with and without motor impairments, were compared with normal controls when trained with and without motor enactment. Memory in both normal and learning disabled Ss (with and without motor impairment) improved significantly following motor enactment with a trend for greater…

Forty-five children with various handicaps, aged 3-15, were screened for motor delays and assigned to therapy with occupational or physical therapists. Results were that developmental therapy affected gross motor gains in preschool children with moderate delays, and that one treatment per week was effective. (Authors)

Investigated was the effect on the sensory integration of 24 aphasic students, of a 7-month sensorimotor program-designed to stimulate the tactile, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems; motor planning ability; bilateral integration; postural and equilibrium responses; visual form and space perception; and motor development. ( DLS)