A FOUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM (MOTOR SKILL TRAINING) FOR THE EDUCATION OF CEREBRAL PALSIED CHILDREN

Abstract

Education for cerebral palsied children needs the approach from the wide areas because they havemotor disorders, speech defects, audio-visual and perceptual disorders and so on. The author considers that the education for cerebral palsied children consists of motor training, daily life training, vocational training and guide for learning. Among the trainings, however, motor training is the most important. Concerning the motor training, there is a new method, in which abnormal behaviour is considerd a level of behaviour, established by Dr. G. Naruse. In the relaxation method, activity of unit movement, foundamental activity and daily living activity are considered to be important. The form of the training is held as an intensive group training for a week, and in the camping method. The program of the camping consists of motor training, group activity, daily life training (T group and group counseling for mothers), and the measurement of cerebral palsied children's functions.