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NCT Number: NCT05900830

Therapy Program for Academic Skills in Children With Intellectual Disability

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

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Key information

Conditions

Intellectual Disability, Mild Educational Problems Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases Immune System Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Intellectual Disability Lymphatic Diseases Lymphoma Lymphoma, Follicular Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoproliferative Disorders Mental Disorders Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Nervous System Diseases Neurobehavioral Manifestations Neurodevelopmental Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

8 year–10 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Tayseer Younes

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, 11411, Egypt

About this study

This study hypothesis

  • 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.
  • 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

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

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

Treatment and study plan

play therapy

Other

A combined program based on physical and occupational therapy techniques within a play context

Other names: physical and occupational therapy program

common educational methods

Other

the child will receive his education in a passive manner

Other names: Passive class room education

Primary outcomes

  1. The Academic Skills Scale for Children with Mild Intellectual Disabilities.

    Time frame: 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 outcomes

  1. The Stanford-Binet Scale, the fifth edition

    Time frame: 2 months

    the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale Fifth Edition

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Beni-Suef University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of a Physical and Occupational Therapy Program on Academic Skills in Egyptian Children With Intellectual Disability

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jun 13, 2023
Registry last updated
Nov 12, 2024

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