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Developing Psychomotor Skills in the Case of Autistic Students

Table 1:

Child’s name Imitation of simple moves Task accomplishment
A. He strings the beads in a short time.He imitates simple moves The repetition of the moves is slow; he doesn’t string the beads, only holds them in his hand.
B. He manipulates the beads but has a hard time repeating the moves. He can hardly imitate one or two moves. The repetition of the moves is slow; he starts but not completes the task.
S. He repeats the moves of the hands. The first two times, with the help of the adult, then by himself. He repeats the moves, with the help of the specialist at first; he doesn’t pay attention to instructions.
E. He manipulates the beads but has a hard time repeating the moves. It is very difficult for him to repeat the moves.
T. He strings the beads in a short time. He has difficulties in performing the following moves because of diffuse attention and insufficient memory. The repetition of the moves is very slow; he cannot, nor does he want to focus.
I. He manipulates the beads, but he is hastened, he loses them and has difficulty in imitating the moves. He can hardly imitate one or two moves. The repetition of the moves is slow; he does not fulfil the task.
P. She repeats the moves with great difficulty, only with the trainer’s help; she cannot handle the task by herself. The repetition of the moves is very slow; she doesn’t listen to instruction and shows no interest in making progress.
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