Parents and Educators’ Perceptions on Recreational Sporting Activities’ Practice and Its Effects on Down Syndrome Children’s

The aim of the current study is to explore the importance of recreational sporting activities’ practice in developing social interactions of children with Down syndrome, and in maintaining communication, participation, teamwork, and socialization from parents and educators’ perceptions. A descriptiv...

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Main Authors:	Harbach Brahim, Djourdem Bendehiba, Mokrani Djamel
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2020-09-01
Series:	Revista Academiei Forţelor Terestre
Subjects:	down syndrome children interaction recreational activities
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2020-0025

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spelling	doaj-8ac9feb90b714f30b7cfc134b8469e012021-09-05T14:01:17ZengSciendoRevista Academiei Forţelor Terestre2247-840X2020-09-0125320721610.2478/raft-2020-0025raft-2020-0025Parents and Educators’ Perceptions on Recreational Sporting Activities’ Practice and Its Effects on Down Syndrome Children’sHarbach Brahim0Djourdem Bendehiba1Mokrani Djamel2University of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis, Mostaganem, AlgeriaUniversity of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis, Mostaganem, AlgeriaUniversity of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis, Mostaganem, AlgeriaThe aim of the current study is to explore the importance of recreational sporting activities’ practice in developing social interactions of children with Down syndrome, and in maintaining communication, participation, teamwork, and socialization from parents and educators’ perceptions. A descriptive approach has been deployed and a sample of 45 parents and 30 educators of children with Down syndrome were randomly selected from the psychological and pedagogical centre for children with mental disabilities, and from the association of El-Wafaa and scholastic and professional integration for trisomy 21 and autism children in Algeria. The results revealed that there is a statistical significance for recreational sports activities’ practice. The results suggest that the practice of recreational sports activities has a positive effect on the social interactions of children with Down syndrome, as confirmed by parents and educators.https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2020-0025down syndrome childreninteractionrecreational activities
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title	Parents and Educators’ Perceptions on Recreational Sporting Activities’ Practice and Its Effects on Down Syndrome Children’s
title_short	Parents and Educators’ Perceptions on Recreational Sporting Activities’ Practice and Its Effects on Down Syndrome Children’s
title_full	Parents and Educators’ Perceptions on Recreational Sporting Activities’ Practice and Its Effects on Down Syndrome Children’s
title_fullStr	Parents and Educators’ Perceptions on Recreational Sporting Activities’ Practice and Its Effects on Down Syndrome Children’s
title_full_unstemmed	Parents and Educators’ Perceptions on Recreational Sporting Activities’ Practice and Its Effects on Down Syndrome Children’s
title_sort	parents and educators’ perceptions on recreational sporting activities’ practice and its effects on down syndrome children’s
publisher	Sciendo
series	Revista Academiei Forţelor Terestre
issn	2247-840X
publishDate	2020-09-01
description	The aim of the current study is to explore the importance of recreational sporting activities’ practice in developing social interactions of children with Down syndrome, and in maintaining communication, participation, teamwork, and socialization from parents and educators’ perceptions. A descriptive approach has been deployed and a sample of 45 parents and 30 educators of children with Down syndrome were randomly selected from the psychological and pedagogical centre for children with mental disabilities, and from the association of El-Wafaa and scholastic and professional integration for trisomy 21 and autism children in Algeria. The results revealed that there is a statistical significance for recreational sports activities’ practice. The results suggest that the practice of recreational sports activities has a positive effect on the social interactions of children with Down syndrome, as confirmed by parents and educators.
topic	down syndrome children interaction recreational activities
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Parents and Educators’ Perceptions on Recreational Sporting Activities’ Practice and Its Effects on Down Syndrome Children’s

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