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The effects of a manipulative skills intervention programme on the motor proficiency of adolescents with intellectual disabilities

Published:2024-02-29 Issue:1 Volume:44 Page:1-10
ISSN:2076-3433
Container-title:South African Journal of Education
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Short-container-title:SAJE

Author:

Aleksić Veljković Aleksandra¹^ORCID,Stojanović Marija¹^ORCID,Stojiljković Nenad¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Nis, Niš, Serbia

Abstract

With this study we aimed to investigate the impact of a 12-week manipulative skills exercise programme on the motor proficiency of young individuals with intellectual disabilities. A total of 32 learners diagnosed with mild intellectual disabilities, with an average age of 17.81 ± 1.44 years, were divided into 2 equal-sized groups: a control group and an experimental group engaged in a manipulative skills intervention programme. Motor proficiency was assessed using the short form of the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency Second Edition (BOT™-2), while the participants’ coordination level was evaluated using the Body Coordination composite of the BOT™-2. Results show that the manipulative skills intervention programme led to significant improvements in the experimental group’s total motor proficiency score on the short form BOT™-2 (45.31 ± 12.01 vs. 37.12 ± 7.00, ANCOVA: F = 48.65, p = 0.00) as well as the Body Coordination composite (42.69 ± 11.31 vs. 39.84 ± 11.75, ANCOVA: F = 44.35, p = 0.00). These findings suggest that the experimental exercise programme had a positive effect on enhancing the motor proficiency of young individuals with mild intellectual disabilities.

Publisher

Education Association of South Africa

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