What are the rehabilitation training methods for mentally retarded children?

Mentally retarded children mainly refer to children whose intelligence is significantly lower than that of their peers, which is usually caused by genetics. Which parent doesn't want their child to grow up healthily? Once a parent has a mentally retarded child, besides feeling helpless, what they are more concerned about is the rehabilitation training method for the child. So, what are the rehabilitation training methods for mentally retarded children? Let’s take a closer look at them below.

1. Perceptual ability training (vision, hearing, touch, smell and taste, etc.) Requirements: Through sensory ability, understand the appearance of things, distinguish sounds and colors, and then respond, and be able to apply the experience of the outside world to daily life in order to better adapt to the environment.

2. Motor skills training, including gross motor skills training and fine motor skills training. Gross motor skills (such as prone, head lifting, neck erection, turning over, supine, crawling, sitting alone, standing alone, walking, running, jumping, etc.) training requirements: gradually achieving coordination between senses and functions, coordinated movements, appropriate control of the force and speed of operations, manipulation of objects and use of tools. Fine motor training (such as grasping with large hands, pinching with fingers, threading beads, writing, etc.) is a necessary training area in rehabilitation training. Requirements: Gradually be able to perform fine and accurate movements based on visual instructions. When training fine skills, you must start from big to small, from easy to difficult, and gradually deepen your skills.

3. Language and communication skills training requirements: Gradually be able to use eye contact, nodding, shaking head, smiling, gestures, etc. to show that you understand what others say, and be able to use sounds, words, sentences, and questions that others can understand to express your wishes and requests.

4. Cognitive ability training requirements: Be able to gradually use vision and hearing to recognize external things, understand common sense of life, natural common sense, etc., and make correct responses (either verbal or physical).

5. The timing of training in self-care skills (mainly including dressing, eating, personal hygiene, going to the toilet, etc.) should be based on each child's actual development level. The more timely the training, the more obvious the effect. Requirements: Be able to gradually use basic self-care skills and steps to take care of daily living, diet and personal hygiene; and be able to adapt to the environment and use existing self-care knowledge to meet the needs of life.

The above is an introduction to the rehabilitation training methods for mentally retarded children. I hope it will be helpful to parents. Mentally retarded children are quite distressing. In addition to paying attention to various treatment methods, parents should also do a good job of their children's regular rehabilitation exercises. After all, it is a chronic disease that requires long-term practice to gradually improve the child's condition.