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    STUDIA EDUCATIO%20ARTIS%20GYMNASTICAE - Issue no. 2 / 2016  
         
  Article:   SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THROUGH MOTION GAMES.

Authors:  MARIA-DANIELA MACRA-OŞORHEAN.
 
       
         
  Abstract:  VIEW PDF: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THROUGH MOTION GAMES

Introduction. The game has a decisive role in the social, emotional, thinking, psychological development, being used as a method of knowing their own body in relation to things surrounding it. The specific objectives of this study are identifying and selecting the games for the children with special needs and their application in order to develop skills. Material and methods. The research was carried out on a group of six students with special education needs, students of the School Centre for Inclusive Education, Cluj-Napoca and was conducted during the period February 2016- May 2016. In selecting the games, we took into consideration the following criteria: content of the games that include movement skills, the subjects’ physical capabilities of performing these games, the level of accessibility and comprehension. Results. Based on the support of motion games that were constantly performed, we could observe the improvement of hand skills for the six subjects of the study. Conclusion. In the study conducted on those six students, we are able to sustain the fact that most important and appropriate element, that in the same time has a remarkable impact in movement activities at children with special educational needs, is the game. As a conclusion of this study, we may safely state that motion games that have been adapted and applied were efficient in order to develop hand skills, students registering progress on several levels: sensory movement, social, creative, moral and even therapeutic, confirming the objectives of the study.

Keywords: motion games, skills, children with special needs
 
         
     
         
         
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