Integrating dance as a form of activity that has positive effect on the disposition of disabled children Cover Image

Taniec integracyjny jako forma aktywności wpływająca pozytywnie na samopoczucie dzieci niepełnosprawnych ruchowo
Integrating dance as a form of activity that has positive effect on the disposition of disabled children

Author(s): Elżbieta Wiśniewska
Subject(s): Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: integrating dance; disabled children; disposition

Summary/Abstract: Disabled children need special care and interest from the environment in which they live. Enabling them to participate in different kinds of activities involving healthy children seems to be indispensable form of therapy. An example of such therapy is integrating dance class. Involvement of disabled children in dance classes increases their self‑confidence. Participation in such classes is also source of their happiness. Keeping in mind and caring about proper development of disabled children it is useful to look more closely at the advantages that spring from their involvement in this kind of activities and the impact it has on the betterment of their lives, especially their disposition.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 36 (1)
  • Page Range: 281-296
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish