Author : Hayley Kavanagh
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis An Evaluation of the Fundamental Movement Skill Proficiency of Children with Intellectual Disabilities Participating in the Special Olympics Young Athletes Programme by : Hayley Kavanagh
Download or read book An Evaluation of the Fundamental Movement Skill Proficiency of Children with Intellectual Disabilities Participating in the Special Olympics Young Athletes Programme written by Hayley Kavanagh and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are known as the building blocks required for participating in sport and physical activity. These skills encompass three categories of movement including locomotor, ball and balance skills. Children with ID (CwID) must be provided with opportunities to learn, practice and reinforce these skills. Throughout the literature, CwID exhibit lower motor skill proficiency levels compared to typically developing children (TDC). Phase one of this project involved completing a meta- analysis of studies comparing the FMS of CwID to TDC (n = 3525, age 4-12 years) in order to quantitatively obtain a macroscopic picture of the FMS proficiency of CwID in comparison with TDC. Phase two consisted of carrying out a nationwide assessment of a broad range of FMS amongst CwID (n = 100) and coaches' perceptions of CwID proficiency levels participating in the Special Olympics Young Athletes (YA) programme. The main results highlight that CwID demonstrate low levels of FMS mastery (0-60.4%) TDC scored significantly higher in all FMS subsets compared to CwID (p