Teaching Motor Skills to Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2012 ◽  
Vol 83 (8) ◽  
pp. 32-48
Author(s):  
Teri Todd
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

scholarly journals The Technique of Teaching Children with ASD How to Work with Salted Dough

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
T.V. Korotkaya
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Fine Motor Skills ◽  
Resource Center ◽  
Children With Asd ◽  
The World ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

Development of fine motor skills is an important part of corrective work with children with autism spectrum disorders. The salted dough is well suited for this purpose: the dough can be rolled, kneaded, rolled out with a rolling pin, wiped through a strainer and grated, which causes a lot of interest in children and motivates them to the lessons. The stages and techniques of teaching children at classes within the creative workshop “We Shape the World with Our Own” in the Federal Resource Center for Organization of Comprehensive Support for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders are described. Recommendations are given on the use of techniques for working with salt dough.

scholarly journals Influence of a Specific Aquatic Program on Social and Gross Motor Skills in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Three Case Reports

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Battaglia ◽  
Gianna Agrò ◽  
Pietro Cataldo ◽  
Antonio Palma ◽  
Marianna Alesi
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Gross Motor Skills ◽  
Mental Age ◽  
Adolescents With Autism ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

Swimming pool activities revealed to be efficacious to train psychomotor skills and increase adaptive behaviors in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a specific multi-systemic aquatic therapy (CI-MAT) on gross motor and social skills in three adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Methods: three adolescents with ASD of which two boys (M1 with a chronological age of 10.3 years and a mental age of 4.7 years; M2 with a chronological age of 14.6 and a mental age inferior to 4 years) and one girl (chronological age of 14.0 and a mental age inferior to 4 years). The study was divided into three phases: baseline, 12-week CI-MAT program and Post-Test. Participants were administered a battery of tests incorporating anthropometric measurements, gross motor development test and a social skills questionnaire before and after a 12-week MAT-CI program. Results: Subjects improved locomotors and object control skills following the CI-MAT program in a different way. Concerning social behaviors, the higher proportion of gains was observed in the sensitivity of other’s presence and eye contact, for the contact domain, and in the comply turn for the relationship domain. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that the CI-MAT program was effective for the development of gross-motor skills and social behaviors in subjects with ASD. Moreover there is an urge to carry out a whole psychological assessment targeting both motor and adaptive development suitable to provide educational and vocational plans of exercises for people with ASD.

scholarly journals Motor skills of toddlers with autism spectrum disorders

Autism ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghann Lloyd ◽  
Megan MacDonald ◽  
Catherine Lord
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

scholarly journals The Effect of Selected Exercise Group on Motor Skills and Cognitive Functions in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Mahbubeh Ghayour Najafabadi ◽  
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Amir Sobh-Rhakhshankhah ◽  
Sepideh Niyazi ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

Introduction: The present study aimed to determine the effects of a selected group exercise on motor skills and cognitive function in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Methods: Forty children with ASD aged 5-12 years participated in this quasi-experimental study. The Bruininks–Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP), and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) were performed in 3 assessment stages of baseline, pretest, and posttest in Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK). The repeated-measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were used for analyzing the collected data. Results: The current research results demonstrated that the selected exercises presented positive effects on motor skills (P<0.05) in the studied subjects; however, they indicated no significant effects on their cognitive function (P>0.05). Conclusion: According to the present study results, the SPARK’s training is effective on children with ASDs and severe mobility limitations; however, it presented no cognitive function improvement in the study participants.

scholarly journals Motor impairment in sibling pairs concordant and discordant for autism spectrum disorders

Autism ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 430-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia List Hilton ◽  
Yi Zhang ◽  
Megan R. Whilte ◽  
Cheryl L. Klohr ◽  
John Constantino
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Motor Impairment ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Motor Proficiency ◽  
Sibling Pairs ◽  
Essentially Normal ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Standardized Measure ◽  
Highly Correlated

Aim: Although motor impairment is frequently observed in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), the manner in which these impairments aggregate in families affected by autism is unknown. We used a standardized measure of motor proficiency to objectively examine quantitative variation in motor proficiency in sibling pairs concordant and discordant for ASD. Methods: Motor impairment of sibling pairs from 67 ASD-affected families comprising 29 concordant pairings and 48 discordant pairings were assessed using the Bruininks Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, 2nd Edition, a standardized measure of motor proficiency. Results: Motor skills were substantially impaired among ASD-affected children and highly correlated with autistic severity and IQ, whereas motor skills in unaffected siblings were essentially normal. Total motor composite scores of at least one standard deviation below the general population mean were seen in 83% of the affected group compared with 6% in the unaffected siblings. Interpretation: Findings indicate that motor impairment constitutes a core characteristic of ASD (not necessarily an ASD endophenotype), which has distinct implications for taxonomy, diagnosis, and approaches to intervention.

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