Fine and gross motor skills of preschool children with Cerebral palsy attending special school at Vellore

Introduction: Cerebral palsy is a permanent movement disorder and globally 17 million are with cerebral palsy. There are many therapies available to improve the motor activities of children with cerebral palsy. Having knowledge on the skill levels of children with cerebral palsy would help in helping them further. Objectives: The objectives were to assess the levels of fine and gross motor skills of preschool children with cerebral palsy and find correlation and association between motor skills of children with selected demographic variables. Materials and Methods: Descriptive research design was used. Fifty cerebral palsy children were selected by purposive sampling technique. Observation technique was used to assess the motor skills. Results: The results showed that there was significant association between gross and fine motor skills and selected demographic variables. There was significant positive correlation found between the motor skills and demographic variables. Conclusion: The study concluded that the continuous monitoring of gross and fine motor skills is essential for nurses, parents/caregivers in assisting the children with cerebral palsy.