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Keller, Mimi – 1983
An adaptive physical education program was implemented for two special classes of educable mentally retarded children, grades K-3 in California. Children from a regular kindergarten class also participated in the program. The program operated for 5 months, with children receiving motor skills training 40 minutes per day, 4 days per week. Analysis…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Mild Mental Retardation, Motor Development, Primary Education
Matronia, Cheryl A. – 1982
Results of a practicum study comparing two kindergarten classes scoring similarly on a pretest of motor development indicated that children receiving direct instruction in motor skills for 10 weeks scored significantly higher on a posttest than did controls. The practicum was implemented because of classroom teachers' expressed concern about their…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Instructional Improvement, Kindergarten Children, Motor Development
Wessel, Dorothy – 1982
A 10-week classroom intervention program was implemented to facilitate the fine-motor development of eight first-grade children assessed as being deficient in motor skills. The program was divided according to five deficits to be remediated: visual motor, visual discrimination, visual sequencing, visual figure-ground, and visual memory. Each area…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Handwriting
Download full textLanigan, Paula – 1994
This practicum aimed to provide nonverbal students with a communication program to increase expressive language for daily living skills. Target students were four children (ages 6 to 7) with cerebral palsy. The practicum involved introducing children to pleasurable activities that encouraged communication behaviors, showing the children…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills
Treme, Cindy Gehron – 1992
This practicum report describes an intervention designed to increase opportunities for children in a day care center and preschool to practice gross motor skills, and to help teachers gain confidence in their ability to foster children's maturation. It was expected that as a result of the intervention, 50 of 70 children would participate in gross…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Desjardins, Margaret M. – 1985
Child care instructors and their aides at the Good Shepherd Day Care Center, Punta Gorda, Florida, were taught skills needed to develop classroom activities matching the cognitive development of 3- and 4-year-old children. Through a program of in-service activity in child growth and development, instruction was provided to enable teachers to more…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cognitive Style, Day Care
Weber, Kathleen M. – 1991
A program was developed for six kindergarten students identified as at risk because of developmental delays. The program involved an hour of instruction after the regular school day, 2 days a weeks for a 10-week period, with a curriculum focusing on visual, auditory, and motor development. Specific skill areas included visual motor coordination,…
Descriptors: After School Education, Auditory Training, Early Intervention, High Risk Students
