THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STIMULATORY THERAPY AND MODIFICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR IMPROVING CEREBRAL PALSY CASES AND THEIR HABILITATION IN LIGHT OF SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES (A COMPARATIVE STUDY)

The study drives at designing a program for stimulatory therapy and modification of the environment for improving Cerebral Palsy cases and their habilitation in light of some psychological and environmental variables through which the efficacy of the program is exposed in comparing children with Cerebral Palsy who have received treatment and those have not. The sample consists of (80) male/female children with Cerebral Palsy, aged (4:9 years old), divided into four groups.
The study counts on the experimental method, using several tools through applying Scale of Psychological State, Measuring Quality of Environmental Life Form, Case Study Form, and the Socio-Economic and Environmental Form; in addition to program of stimulatory therapy and modification of the environment.
The study comes to these results:

There are significant statistical differences between average scores of the experimental group on PORTAG program pre/post application of the stimulatory therapy and program of modification of the environment, in favor of the post-application.
There are significant statistical differences between average scores of the sample received the stimulatory therapy and program of modification of the environment and the group has received the stimulatory therapy only, in favor of the stimulatory therapy and program of modification of the environment group.
There are significant statistical differences between average scores of the experimental group on PORTAG program pre/post application of the program of modification of the environment, in favor of the post-application.
There are significant statistical differences between average scores of the sample received the stimulatory therapy program and program of modification of the environment and the group has received the stimulatory therapy only, in favor of the group has received stimulatory therapy and program of modification of the psychological health scale.