Children with down syndrome: physical education and sports facilitated social adaptation road map

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Dr. Hab., Professor A.F. Popova1
Dr. Sc. Econ., Professor A.N. Popov1
PhD, Associate Professor I.F. Kharina1
Postgraduate student M.B. Zhiltsov1
1Ural State University of Physical Culture, Chelyabinsk

Objective of the study was to test benefits of a futsal training DSActive model for social adaptation road map of children with Down syndrome.
Methods and structure of the study. The model was tested at the Anatomy Dept Research Laboratory of the Ural State University of Physical Culture (Chelyabinsk) in cooperation with "Sunny Children" NGO (Yekaterinburg) on a sample of the 6.08 ± 0.2 year-old children with Down syndrome (n= 26). The experiment was designed to test the DSActive model toolkit geared to facilitate progress in coordination, cognitive/ world exploring, socializing abilities and motor skills of the Down syndrome-diagnosed children sample.
Results and conclusion. Progress of the sample in the socializing domain and motor skills was ranked by three levels. Ranked on top (level 3) were the children demonstrating fast, accurate and creative skills in unfamiliar situations. Social adaptation was secured by unassisted teamwork skills formation element. The post-training motor skills contribution to the social adaptation in the Experimental Group (n=13) was rated on the Cheddock scale as "very high". The regular futsal practices were found to bring prolonged benefits for the emotionality of the children with Down syndrome. On the whole, the study demonstrated theoretical and practical benefits of the new model, and we recommend it for application by the trainers of children with Down syndrome.

Keywords: social adaptation, children, Down syndrome, futsal, road map.

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