원예치료가 정신지체학생의 작업수행능력에 미치는 여향

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the horticultural therapy program effects on vocational achievement by cases. Major conclusions are as follows. The horticultural therapy activity program facilitated vocational accomplishment of students with mental retardation positively. Student A was improved vocational accomplishment on phase 1 and 2 to learn new skills, but he was decreased vocational accomplishment on phase 3 and 4 to review learned skills on phase 1 and 2. Student B was improved prevocational skills continuously, but he was not showed much improvement of vocational attitude. Student C was improved prevocational accomplishment skills and vocational attitude dramatically on phase 2, but she was not showed much prevocational accomplishment and vocational attitude. Student D was not showed the improvement of prevocational accomplishment and vocational skills from phase 1 to phase 4, but she was improved prevocational accomplishment and vocational skills dramatically on phase 5 that was practicing and experiencing to product and sell a complete flower arrangement and bunch of flowers voluntarily. We could know from results of vocational accomplishment that horticultural therapy activity program was not keep ordinal procedure, but it was modified flexibly according to personality and interest of vocational accomplishment of students with mental retardation.