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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of occupational therapy with collage on the visual perception and hand function for the children with mild mental retardation(MR). This study was held at P Developmental Center using 20 children with mild MR who received treatment for 12weeks. The two groups were divided into the group that participated in both the collage program and occupational therapy(2times per week, 1day collage, 1day occupational therapy) and the group that only received occupational therapy(2times per week, both times occupational therapy) 10 participants were randomly assigned to the two groups, The results showed that the study group increased in both visual perception and hand function(p<.05), while the control group only showed slight increases in hand function (p<.05). In conclusion, this study indicates that occupational therapy using a collage program increased the abilities of visual perception and hand function for children with mild MR.