Application of Biofeedback Relaxation Procedures to Handicapped Children: Final Report.

Autor/in	Carter, John L.
Institution	Houston Univ., TX.
Titel	Application of Biofeedback Relaxation Procedures to Handicapped Children: Final Report.
Quelle	(1984), (50 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Biofeedback; Elementary Education; Learning Disabilities; Relaxation Training; Specialists; Teacher Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Elementarunterricht; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Entspannungstraining; Lehrerrolle
Abstract	A series of studies examined the effects of biofeedback and relaxation on performance of learning disabled (LD) students. In study 1, 114 LD students received a randomly assigned treatment combination twice a week for 6 weeks. Four individual treatment components included electromyographic biofeedback monitoring, handwriting practice, prerecorded relaxation tapes, and homework. Results of pre- and post-test scores on a battery of tests revealed that biofeedback training and listening to relaxation tapes, especially in combination, appeared to enhance general attention level and verbal facility. In a second study, it was found that teachers can deliver a relaxation program within the school and obtain significant improvement in the basic academic skills of their learning disabled students. A final study field-tested a self-contained instructional training package for use by teachers of learning disabled students. The studies suggested that trained clinicians were able to bring about greater gains in academic performance than were teachers who had little clinical training, especially with the complex biofeedback instruments. (CL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01