The development of fine motor skill of children with special need in Surin Province aged 2-8 years old using art therapy activity and insert instructional management based on contemplative education

Abstract

This experimental research aimed to examine the fundamental basic data about kinds of 2-8 year-old children with special needs, and to compare of the development of small muscles of 2-8 year-old children with special needs using art therapy activity and insert instructional management based on contemplative education in Surin province. The sample consisted of 32 2-8-year-old children with 9 kinds of special needs, who were living in Surin province, selected using the purposive sampling technique. The instruments used for collecting data were a questionnaire on general data and an observation form on small muscle working ability. The collected data were analyzed by finding out percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results of the research showed that:
1. There were 75 2-8 year-old children with special needs in Surin province. When the data in each aspect were classified, the aspects found the most were : aged 2 years and 6 years the most, at 21.62 percent, believing in Buddhism the most, at 100 percent ; family incomes of 6,001-8,000 baht/month the most, at 56.76 percent ; living with grandparents the most, at 48.65 percent ; and the kind of disability being intelligence the most, at 62.16 percent.
2. For the results of comparing the development of small muscles of the children with special needs in the set of activities in coloring/painting, paper cutting, line drawing, line drawing for matching, and threading beads, it was found that their means as a whole were at the following percentages : 87.19, 86.25, 88.75, 93.33 and 80.42 respectively.