THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHO-MOTOR ACTIVITY OF STUDENTS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES FROM SPECIAL SCHOOLS

Abstract

The purpose of this research was the development of the psycho-motor skills through movement games in the case of students with mental disabilities. We aimed to estimate the influence of the movement games designed to develop certain components of the psycho-motor skills. This approach was spread over the 2015-2016 school year and focused on the B 6^th grade students (n=6), with the chronological age between 12 and 16 years old, and mental age between 5 and 7 years old, from the "Sfântul Mina" Special Middle School, of Craiova, of professor Carolina Bică. The tests and control trials that we applied were: Flamingo Test, The test of opening and closing top of a small plastic container, Bowling launching, Pitching to a fixed target and Ply (2,5m x 4). As a result of the final testing, there was a progress which leads us to the conclusion that the hypothesis was confirmed.