Effect of Psychomotor Program for Material Experience on the Coordination of Children with ADHD

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of psychomotor program for material experience on the coordination of children with ADHD.

The subjects of this study were divided into two groups: an experimental group of 8 children and a control group of 8 children, who are all enrolled in the D Children's Development Center and the K Children's Development Center in Seoul. The study was conducted for 12 weeks, twice per week, 60 minutes in for one session. Coordination tests were conducted in the before-and after-session, respectively, for both groups. As a coordination test instrument, the KTK, which was designed and standardized by Kiphard and Schilling in 1974, was used. SPSS 22.0 was used to process the data, and two-way ANOVA was conducted to compare the data between groups and times. The hypothesis testing is fixed to significance level of p<.05.

The results of the analysis were as follows: First, rear balancing MQ1 showed a statistically meaningful difference not only in the interaction effect between time and group, but also in the main effect of time and group. Second, single foot jumping MQ2 showed a statistically meaningful difference not only in the interaction effect between time and group, but also in the main effect of time and group. Third, left and right jumping MQ3 showed a statistically meaningful difference not only in the interaction effect between time and group, but also in the main effect of time and group. Fourth, lateral movement MQ4 showed a statistically meaningful difference not only in the interaction effect between time and group, but also in the main effect of time and group. Fifth, KTK MQT showed a statistically meaningful difference not only in the interaction effect between time and group, but also in the main effect of time and group.

The material experience-based psychomotor program needs to be verified by approaching various subjects as well as ADHD children.