The Effect of Virtual Family-based Sensory Integration Intervention on the Fine and Gross Motor Skills of Children with Down Syndrom

Background and Aim : The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of virtual family-based sensory integration intervention on fine motor and gross motor skills of children with Down SyndromeMethods : The research was semi-experimental and the design was pretest, post-test with a control group. 30 of children with Down syndrome who were under 12 years old and their IQ were between 50 to 70 were selected and were randomly assigned to the experimental and the control groups. Then Lincoln Oseretsky Motor Development Scale (1950) was conducted on all of these students. The students in the experimental group experienced virtual family- based sensory integration intervention (based on Ayres and Down theories) for 20 sessions (10 sessions at school and 10 sessions on skype) in 75 days and the control group received no intervention and waited in the waiting list. After these sessions, in the posttest step, Oseretsky scale was done on the control and experimental groups. The collected data was analyzed using spss software and analysis of variance.Results : The findings showed that virtual family-based sensory integration intervention can significantly increase motor skills (gross skills, fine skills and equilibrium skills) of children with Down syndrome.Conclusion : It can be concluded that this intervention can be used for developing motor skills in children with Down syndrome.

کلیدواژه ها:

Sensory integration ، Family-based ، Virtual ، Motor skills ، Down syndrome