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    The comparative effect of paired versus a small group cross motor invention on the motor capabilities of selected children pre-identified with childhood apraxia of speech
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-11) Nolte, Heike; Africa, Eileen Katherine; Solomons, Regan; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dept. of Sport Science.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) do not only have isolated speech and sound delays but teachers and parents often report motor co-ordination difficulties. The latter often leads to the child with CAS being clumsy. Although teachers and parents have reported motor co-ordination difficulties, research investigating the gross motor capabilities of children with CAS does not seem to exist. Not a single study could be found that investigated the effect of a gross motor intervention programme on children with CAS. The main aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of a paired versus a small group gross motor intervention programme on selected pre-school children, pre-identified with CAS. Purposive sampling was used and consisted of participants (N=20), ranging between the ages of three and seven years. All the participants were from a primary school in the Bellville area in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The participants were randomly divided into paired groups and a small group by an external third party. Both the paired groups and the small group were evaluated at baseline-, pre- and post-test with the Movement Assessment Battery for Children 2nd Edition (MABC-2), and the Test of Gross Motor Development 2nd Edition (TGMD-2). The evaluations took two weeks to complete and were conducted in two 45 minute sessions per week. The 12-week intervention programme was also presented twice a week, with each session lasting 45 minutes. The researcher compared the results of the paired groups to the small group and concluded that the specific intervention programmes did not benefit either of the groups more than the other. Both the paired groups and the small group significantly improved their overall scores for the MABC-2 and the TGMD-2 after the 12-week intervention programme. Therefore, it could be speculated that the specific 12-week gross motor intervention programmes influenced the gross motor capabilities of the children pre-identified with CAS.