The twenty lowest functioning children in a normal kindergarten class were divided into an experimental and a control group. The experimental group was given a systematic rhythmic and sensory motor activity program based on nine movement areas of Barsch's Movegenic theory and on suggestions from Kephart. Significant mean gains were made by the experimental group in the expected areas of remediation, thus demonstrating the efficacy of such a program in a group setting within a regular public school kindergarten and suggesting the use of these methods in the amelioration of certain types of learning disabilities.
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