Effects of Rhythmic Gymnastics on Joint Attention and Emotional Problems of Autistic Children: A Preliminary Investigation
Table 3
The implementation procedure of the ARG programme.
Stages
Activities
Time (minutes)
Beginning section
Routine
Teachers greeted participants and told them the aim of this lesson was to promote the relationship between teacher and student.
8
Warm-up
Children followed the rhythm of medium-speed music for warm-up (static and dynamic stretching, marking time, and joint mobility) to increase muscle temperature, prevent injury, and gradually enter a learning state.
Fundamental section
1. Under the guidance of teachers, children followed the rhythm of the music and learned the movement sets of rhythmic gymnastics (clapping hands, frogs, rabbits, and wild geese exercise). 2. Children imitated all kinds of small animals (frogs, rabbits, elephants, and so on.) to learn the movements of climbing, jumping, and rolling, among others. Additionally, they completed mirror imitation, speed competitions, and other games with teachers. 3. Children performed 10 times2 groups of sit-ups and 8 times2 groups of supine leg lifts to develop children’s waist and abdomen strength.
35
Ending section
Cool-down
Children performed dynamic and static stretching and adjusted their breathing to calm the body.
5
Summary
The teacher summarised the children’s performance and praised their good behaviour before saying goodbye to each other.
