PROBLEMS OF MOTOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WITH MILD MENTAL DISORDER

The development of motor skills corresponds with the cognitive development of a child. In motor learning, the acquisition, refinement and stabilization of motor skills is achieved. Children with mild mental disorder are nowadays included in the intact population as part of compulsory school education. Will be found statistically significant differences between group of intact children and children with mild mental disorder attending compulsory school education? The aim of the research is to describe the primary motor skills, which are an indicator of gross motor development, in children with diagnosed mild mental disorder (MID). The minor aim is to describe the differences between the level of motor skills of children with MID and children from intact population. The experimental group consisted of 62 children primary school age with mild mental disabilities and a control group of 76 children from the intact population primary school age. The level of motor skills was determined by TGMD-2 test. The significance of the difference between the sub-tests and gender differences in the level of motor skills were evaluated by the t-test. Data was collected within the project GF_PdF_2019_0003. A statistically significant difference was found between both sets in the level GMDQ (p <= 0.001) and between locomotor and object control skills of group with mild mental disorder (p <= 0.001). As part of compulsory school attendance, it is necessary to devote individual attention to the development of children's motor skills with diagnosed mild mental disabilities. (C) 2019 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK