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Fine Motor Integration For Children With Special Needs And Low Tone, Iliana V. Blancas, Rebecca King
Fine Motor Integration For Children With Special Needs And Low Tone, Iliana V. Blancas, Rebecca King
Spring 2024 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium
The topic of focus will be a Fine Motor Integration Program for Children with Special Needs and Low Tone and provide students, parents, teachers, and therapists a resource to aid with the development of these skills. This program hopes to establish the development of the fine motor skills at an early age to reduce the issues that arise later within the school years that stem from lack of fine motor skills within this population.
Improving Participation In Physical Education For Children With Disabilities, Randi Major, Susan Macdermott
Improving Participation In Physical Education For Children With Disabilities, Randi Major, Susan Macdermott
Spring 2024 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium
Participating in adaptive sports has many benefits for children with disabilities (CWD), however literature demonstrates that many barriers exist within community-setting adaptive sports which impact participation for CWD. There is currently a lack of understanding of the needs of CWD and the barriers that exist within schools that impact their participation in physical activities and sports. In addition, the literature demonstrates that many individuals with disabilities are not meeting the recommended minutes for daily physical activity which can impact the health and well-being of CWD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2022).
The purpose of this capstone project was …