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Motor abilities and functional academic skills of children with cerebral palsy

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Title Motor abilities and functional academic skills of children with cerebral palsy
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Contributor Sukumaran, P S
 
Subject Education
 
Description This study investigated the motor abilities and functional academic skills of
newlinechildren with cerebral palsy. The sample consisted of 100 children with cerebral
newlinepalsy attending special schools. The tools used for collecting the data included
newlineGross Motor Function Measure 88 (GMFM-88), Gross Motor Function
newlineClassification System (GMFCS), Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) and
newlineBehavioural Assessment Scales for Indian Children with Mental Retardation Part A
newline(BASIC- MR). The study design used was survey method. The data collected were
newlineanalyzed using t test, analysis of variance, Bonferroni test, Spearman s rank
newlinecorrelation and stepwise multiple regression. The findings of the study revealed
newlinethat children with cerebral palsy showed only poor level of functional academic
newlineskills. Among the different academic skills, the writing skill was most affected in
newlinethese children. The study also revealed that the gross motor and fine motor abilities
newlineare correlated with the functional academic skills. Child related variables such as
newlineage, level of retardation, presence of visual, speech, hearing impairments,
newlineoccurrence of epileptic attacks, and behavioral problems are found to have
newlinesignificant effect on functional academic skills of children with cerebral palsy. The
newlineresults are discussed in detail and the implications and suggestions for future
newlineresearch are also given.
newlineKey words :- Cerebral palsy, Gross motor abilities, Fine motor abilities, Functional
newlineacademic skills.
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Date 2014-02-12T11:32:05Z
2014-02-12T11:32:05Z
2014-02-12
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2010
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Type Ph.D.
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10603/15837
 
Language English
 
Relation -
 
Rights university
 
Format xxi, 242p.
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Coverage Education
 
Publisher Kottayam
Mahatma Gandhi University
Department of Education
 
Source INFLIBNET