Effectiveness of a program based on Sensory Integration to reduce some of the Visual Perception Difficulties among Children with Developmental Learning Disabilities

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1 Department of Child Education Faculty of Women for Arts, Science & Education Ain Shams University - Egypt

2 Faculty of Women for Arts, Science & Education Ain Shams University - Egypt

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The research targeted development of a program based on sensory integration to reduce visual perception disabilities among children with developmental learning disabilities. The research sample consisted of 5 children from Al Shahid/ Staff General/ Mohamed Refaat Official School affiliated to Nozha Educational Directorate in Cairo Governorate from the second level of kindergarten whose ages ranged from 6-7 years.  The researcher used the quasi experimental approach. The results showed existence of a statistically significant difference at the level of significance (0.05) among the averages rates of grades of experimental group children before application of the training program and after its application on dimensions of the scale of visual perception disabilities towards telemetry. The results also showed that there are no statistically significant differences among averages rates of experimental group children after application of the program (Telemetry) and after a month and a half from the end of its application (telemetry) on dimensions of visual perception disabilities.  The most important recommendations are: Training of teachers, mentors, sociologists working in kindergarten on development of training programs dealing with overcoming the problems that affect the visual perception among children with developmental learning disabilities negatively, holding seminars for parents about family guidance to help mothers who has a child with disabilities in visual perception to understand the issues and needs of their children and training teachers, mentors, psychologists working in kindergarten to set training programs dealing with overcoming the problems that affect the visual perception among children with developmental learning disabilities negatively.

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