Störungen der Entwicklung – mit Unsicherheiten leben

Jenni, Oskar

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-62448-7_7

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“…Fine and gross motor movement opportunities, such as those available in the therapy room, are more in line with the fundamental need for play at this age. It is known that children who lacked play opportunities for a variety of reasons show a pronounced need to catch up [ 101 ] (p. 254), [ 102 ]. However, targeted work on handwriting corresponds less to the child’s intrinsic motivation but is usually a concern of parents and teachers.…”

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Effectiveness of Psychomotor Therapy among Children with Graphomotor Impairment with and without DCD-Diagnosis

et al. 2023

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In Switzerland, psychomotor therapy (PMT) is a standard treatment for children with graphomotor impairments, but scientific evidence of its effectiveness is rare. To investigate the effectiveness of PMT, we conducted a randomised field trial (RFT). The sample consisted of 121 first and second graders with graphomotor impairments, some of whom met the criteria of developmental coordination disorder, while the remaining suffered from developmental dysgraphia. The treatments lasted over 5 months. Handwriting fluency and consistency were measured five times on a digitising tablet. All participating children completed a self-concept interview, and a standardised fine motor performance test twice. Psychomotor therapy significantly improved the fine motor skills of the therapy group compared to those of the waiting group. However, there was no evidence that the treated children improved more than the waiting children in terms of their graphomotor skills such as frequency, automaticity, and consistency of forming letters. Finally, the children of the therapy group showed partial improvements in their handwriting self-concept, while those of the waiting group children remained stable. This short-term RFT demonstrated the effectiveness of PMT in terms of fine motor skills and some aspects of the handwriting self-concept but showed no effects on handwriting fluency and consistency.

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