Tactile stimulation
Overview
- Influence: Tactile stimulation
- Domain: Curricula
- Sub-Domain: Other curricula programs
- Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
- Influence Definition: Students who struggle with achievement in school are provided with tactile stimulation and environment manipulation aimed to increase focus and time-on-task and attention. Tactile stimulation includes the activating of nerve signals beneath the skin's surface that inform the body of texture, temperature and other touch-sensations (warming, drying, rubbing).
Evidence
- Number of meta-analyses: 1
- Number of studies: 19
- Number of students: 372
- Number of effects: 14
- Weighted mean effect size: 0.36
- Robustness index: 1
Meta-Analyses
| Journal Title | Author | Article Name | Year Published | Variable | Number of Studies | Number of Students | Number of Effects | Effect Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics | Ottenbacher, Muller, Brandt, Heintzelman, Hojem, & Sharpe | The effectiveness of tactile stimulation as a form of early intervention: a quantitative evaluation | 1987 | Tactile stimulation on cognitive/language | 19 | 372 | 14 | 0.36 | |
| TOTAL/AVERAGE | 19 | 372 | 14 | 0.36 | |||||