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| A neurodevelopmental movement programme for 4-8 year old hearing impaired children in the rural QwaQwa region of South Africa / Jó-Marié van der Merwe Bothma. | |
| Bothma;Jó-Marié van der Merwe | |
| 出版年 | 2012 |
| 学位授予单位 | North-West University |
| 英文摘要 | Being hearing impaired does not only affect a child’s academic performance, but can also influence a child’s overall development and ability to succeed academically. Evidence suggests that the outlay in early childhood has a large impact on a child’s readiness to learn. Neurodevelopmental movement programmes are generally not accepted as evidenced-based practice and their effect on academic performance is often underrated. Movement, however, is regarded by many as essential to learning and there seems to be a positive interchange between the brain and the body. This study reports on the influence of a neurodevelopmental movement programme on the development, behaviour and performance on a neurodevelopmental evaluation scale of four to eight year-old children with hearing impairment children. The study furthermore provides a report of the results of the psychometric assessment in the form of a neurodevelopmental profile for this specific sample. Children were selected from a special needs school in the rural QwaQwa Free State area of South Africa. Two groups of children (an experimental and comparison group) were used in this study, with both groups undergoing a pretest and posttest phase using three test batteries (Griffiths Mental Developmental Scales- Extended Revised, Child Behaviour Checklist, and a neurodevelopmental evaluation scale). The experimental group was subjected to a fourteen-week neurodevelopmental movement programme. The comparison group underwent a placebo intervention. The results indicate that the children in the experimental group showed an improvement in some aspects of specific development following the intervention (locomotor functioning, performance related abilities, and practical reasoning skills). General developmental age showed significant improvement in both the experimental group and the comparison group. No behavioural aspects showed significant improvements following the intervention, whereas some neurodevelopmental aspects, such as the vestibular system (Tandem Walk and One Leg Stand) and the reflex system (TLR – reflex) showed significant improvements. The results of this empirical investigation aid in understanding the impact of movement programmes on a child with hearing disability’s general development and neurodevelopmental development. Thesis (PhD (Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013. |
| 英文关键词 | Neurodevelopment Neurodevelopmental movement programme Sensory motor subsystems Hearing impairment Movement |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9721 |
| 来源机构 | North-West University |
| 资源类型 | 学位论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/247104 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bothma;Jó-Marié van der Merwe. A neurodevelopmental movement programme for 4-8 year old hearing impaired children in the rural QwaQwa region of South Africa / Jó-Marié van der Merwe Bothma.[D]. North-West University,2012. |
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