The Importance of Psychomotor Reeducation in the Adoption of the Body Scheme in Students With Intellectual Disabilities
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https://doi.org/10.59519/mper4018Keywords:
psychomotor reeducation, body scheme, movementAbstract
Children with reduced intellectual abilities, due to the specificity of their development, have some difficulties in adopting the body scheme and appointing body parts. The more complex the degree of intellectual difficulty – the greater the difficulties in adopting the body scheme and naming body parts. The experience of physical integrity is important due to the awareness of person’s own body and its position in space. When a child adopts physical integrity through movement, it then masters subjective and objective space, and its motor organization and performance become more mature. Psychomotor reeducation helps the child to detect body parts as a whole through carefully and individually selected exercises while adopting concepts through appointment. Psychomotor reeducation increases the focus of attention, activates sensomotor media and allows communication through physicality.
Through psychomotor reeducation exercises, the child gains experience about himself and his environment. By knowing his own body, the child takes the first step towards cognitive development.
The aim of this work is to point to the importance of applying psychomotor reeducation in mastering the body scheme in students with intellectual disabilities and assist parents, teachers and experts in recognizing it.
In working with three students with intellectual disabilities, ages 6 and 7, a set of psychomotor reeducation exercises has been applied to adopt physical integrity, body schemes and adopt concepts for appointing body parts.
The results of the application of a set of psychomotor reeducation exercises in three students with intellectual disabilities, ages 6 and 7, show the full adoption of the body scheme as well as the adoption of most concepts for appointing body parts.
We believe that the application of psychomotor reeducation contributes to the experience of children, which will also affect their cognitive development.
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