Therapy Program for Academic Skills in Children With Intellectual Disability

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Intellectual Disability, Mild; Educational Problems
• Interventions: Other: play therapy; Other: common educational methods

• Registration Number: NCT05900830
• Lead Sponsor: Beni-Suef University

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a physical and occupational therapy program on academic skills in a sample of Egyptian children with intellectual disability. It also aims to provide a program based on physical and occupational therapy activities and techniques to develop children's basic abilities through play to make learning more enjoyable

Detailed Description

This study hypothesis

1. There are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the children of the experimental group in the pre and post measurements on the academic skills scale for children with mental disabilities and its sub-components in favor of the post measurement.

2. There are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the children of the experimental group in the post and follow-up measurements on the academic skills scale for children with mental disabilities and its sub-components.

RESEARCH QUESTION:

What is the effect of a physical and occupational therapy program in improving academic skills (reading - writing - arithmetic) in a sample of children with mild intellectual disabilities? The study should include 20 children diagnosed with mild intellectual disability according to Stanford Binet scale 5th edition between the age of 8 to 10 years old from both sexes recruited from Noor Al-Sabah Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of People with Intellectual Disabilities from children with mild mental disabilities

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-11-15
• Primary Completion: 2023-01-30
• Study Completion: 2023-02-05
• Study First Submitted: 2023-02-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-06-09
• Study First Posted: 2023-06-13
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-09
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

1. The child should be between 8 and 10 years of age of both sexes
2. The child should be of mild intellectual disabilities according to Stanford Binet scale 5th edition
3. The child should not be suffering from any apparent physical deformity in upper limbs, lower limbs or spine
4. The child should not suffer from any visual or auditory disorder

Exclusion Criteria

1. Children out of age range
2. Children with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities
3. Children with physical deformities in upper limb, lower limb or spine
4. Children suffering from visual or auditory disorders
5. Children of parents who refuse to sign the consent form

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
play based program	play therapy	this group will get the combined selected physical and occupational therapy program
common educational methods	common educational methods	this group will receive common educational methods

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Academic Skills Scale for Children with Mild Intellectual Disabilities.	2 months	Reading and writing words, reading and writing simple sentences, knowledge of reading phenomena, comprehension., Reading, reading expression, reading and writing numbers and numbers, order and sequence, classification, relationships, arithmetic operations

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Stanford-Binet Scale, the fifth edition	2 months	the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale Fifth Edition

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tayseer Younes; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt