Intervention programs to improve health exercise, diet and Interpersonal relations of children with developmental disabilities

Abstract

Children with developmental disabilities have various health tasks that they must complete. This study investigated three intervention programs for improving exercises, diet, and Interpersonal relationships, which are known to have positive health benefits, although disabled children dislike these activities. The first intervention program was circuit exercises, the second; a fruit hunt for trying unexpected and disliked tastes, and the third; a camp designed to promote communication with different people, a task at which the children were not proficient. Results of the three interventions indicated that family support was the most important factor in improving health tasks. Therefore, it would be necessary to investigate health psychological approaches designed to improve the family well-being of disabled children’s supporters and the well-being of the children’s families. No statistical analyses were used in this study.