The purpose of the study is to verify the effect of physical activity programs which were constructed by reinforcement schedules for enhancing the physical perceptivity of handicapped children, The reinforcement schedules were a shaping technique and ...
The purpose of the study is to verify the effect of physical activity programs which were constructed by reinforcement schedules for enhancing the physical perceptivity of handicapped children, The reinforcement schedules were a shaping technique and a chaining technique.
Over 8 weeks, a physical activity programs with 4 parts of the body was implemented for two children with mentally handicapped children, The measurement was clone before the program started and when it was finished, The method of measurement was by drawing The children were asked to draw their own body image, And the children's improvement of their body image were evaluated by qualitative method.
Results of the study indicate that the subject's perceptivity has been steadily improved with various degrees depending on types of reinforcement schedules and the individual handicapped classification, The physical activity programs with shaping techinque help to improve child's body perception. For example, those who drew only the face gradually improved their drawing ability to cover the whole body figure in their drawing with strong lines, On the other hand, physical activities with chaining technique were not effective to enhance the body image of mental retarded children.