Abstract:
Objective
To investigate the effects of family training and parents' cooperation on early cognitive ability of children with developmental delay.
Methods
Totally 75 children with developmental delay were chosen as the research subjects, who were treated in Hunan Children's Hospital from Jan. 2017 to Jan. 2018, and they were divided into two groups based on whether they received family training or not: control group(n=13) and observation group(n=62). Based on the parents' cooperation, the observation group was again divided into 4 group: 15 cases in observation group 1(cooperation degree<30%), 18 cases in observation group 2(cooperation degree between 30% and 60%), 16 cases in group 3(61%-90%) and 13 cases in group 4(>90%). Both control and observation groups received rehabilitation treatment, including exercise therapy, cognition training, electrical stimulation of cerebellum, hydrotherapy and acupuncture. Family training was carried out by the parents every day in the observation groups. Before treatment and 3 month after treatment, Gesell development scale was used to make evaluation in the children.
Results
After treatment, the developmental quotient of each group was significantly improved(P<0.01). The improvement of the developmental quotient of observation group 3 and 4 was significantly higher than the control group(P<0.05).
ConclusionFamily training by the parents plays an important role in the improvement of developmental quotient in children with developmental delay.

Key words: Developmental delay, Family training, Family training cooperation, Cognition, Children