THE USE OF MUSICAL AND MOTOR TRAINING AT SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

The article examines the experience of using musical and motor training tools in working with students with intellectual disabilities. The purpose of the study was to develop and experimentally substantiate the methodology of musical and motor training for primary school children with mental retardation. Within the framework of research activities, it was established that rhythmic gymnastics acts as the most effective means of musical and motor training. The specificity of the methodology lies in the use of its leading means: plot-role (based on fairy tales) and game (based on social activity) orientation, musical and motor games; the use, along with generally accepted methods of physical education, of special organizational and methodological conditions for the motor activity of primary school children with mental retardation, namely: the presence of tutors, alternating exercises of a coordinating and aerobic nature, public encouragement of the results of motor activity, the use of sports attributes. For statistical data processing, quantitative variables were used, represented as an average value and a percentage increase in results, and an automatic calculation of the Mann-Whitney U-test was used to assess the differences between the two samples. In the course of the study, the effectiveness of the technique of musical and motor training in the formation of general motor functionality was confirmed, which is reflected in a significant improvement in the performance of schoolchildren 9-10 years old with mental retardation: motor skills related to body movement and orientation in space, vestibular competence, body sensation and its boundaries, basic motor skills with a ball. The use of musical and rhythmic games in the classroom made it possible to increase the motor density of classes by 10% during the study. In conclusion, the article states that the means of musical and motor training can increase overall motor activity, provide an increase in vital motor skills and abilities among students of the studied nosological group.

mental retardation, younger schoolchildren, correction of the motor sphere, additional classes, musical and motor training, rhythmic gymnastics, musical and motor games, indicators of motor skills, motor functionality, motor density

Morozova O. V., Dorontsev A. V., Abakumova E. N. The use of musical and motor training at school for children with intellectual disabilities. Biznes. Obrazovanie. Pravo = Business. Education. Law. 2024;3(68):328—333. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2024.68.1034.