Abstract
The effectiveness of a therapeutic motor development program in increasing the social adjustment and peer acceptance of a 10-year-old educable mentally retarded male child was investigated using a single subject experimental design. The motor development program was based on the games analysis model. Pretest-posttest assessment of the peer status of the child indicated that he had made median rank position gains in peer acceptance among his classmates. Through experimental analysis of the single case subject it was observed that the games analysis training resulted in a controlling effect on the subject's social adjustment. The results are discussed with regard to implications for developing patterns of play based on individually based activities.
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