Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks selected sport trainings on perceptual- motor skills among typical obese girls and girls with Down syndrome (aged 7-13). Materials & Methods: In this quasi-experimental study with control group, 22 obese children with Down syndrome and 22 typical obese children who were selected purposefully participated in ...

Objectives: Having a child with disability has a profound effect on the family and can impose many problems and challenges on parents. Children with Down syndrome (DS) are a large group of children with special needs who are at risk for chronic physical illness, developmental problems, behavioral and emotional problems. These problems create more health and care needs in these children. Therefo...

anxiety is one common disorder during childhood. in curing anxiety disorders, there are different types of psychological remedies, pharmotherapy, family therapy, and music therapy that can improve the individual’s anxiety, but we need some other remedies to improve social and emotional relationship and interactions. considering the importance of curing the anxiety disorders, the effect of sand ...

  Social cognition refers to how children understand Opinions, feelings, thoughts and intentions themselves and others and how they think about social relations. Processes of social cognition, enables one to predict the behavior of others, self-control and therefore regulating social interaction. In other hand, studies indicated Children and adolescents with Down syndrome have lower performance...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic games on social skills, anxiety and aggression in children with Down syndrome. This is a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The statistical population of the study included all children with Down syndrome under the protection of Kermanshah Welfare Organization in 2018. A total of ...