Perceptual Motor Skills in Children and Pupils with Mild Intellectual Disabilities

  • Jan Viktorin Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
  • Lucie Loosová Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35765/mjse.2020.0918.04
Keywords: literature review, perceptual motor skills, mild intellectual disability, children, pupils

Abstract

This literature review analyzes eight specialized papers which focus on issues of the perceptual motor skills of children and pupils with mild intellectual disabilities. Children and pupils with mild intellectual disabilities have deficits in perceptual motor skills. The deficits of adaptive and intellectual skills of these children and pupils may be greater (mainly because of their conceptual and abstract reasoning)­ than their relative deficits of perceptual motor skills. Stronger perceptual motor skills in children and pupils with mild intellectual disabilities may be the target of school intervention as a means of alleviating problems in adaptive functions.

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Published
2020-12-31
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Viktorin, J., & Loosová, L. (2020). Perceptual Motor Skills in Children and Pupils with Mild Intellectual Disabilities. Multidisciplinary Journal of School Education, 9((2) 18), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.35765/mjse.2020.0918.04
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Vol. 9 No. (2) 18 (2020): Facing Educational Challenges
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