The effectiveness of solution- focused kids' skill method on life and communication skills of mentally retarded children

Abstract

AbstractThe purpose of this research is the effectiveness of solution focused kids' skill method on the life and communication skills of mentally retarded children. The statistical population of the research included all mentally retarded children aged 9-13 who referred to Omid Exceptional School in the period of 1401-02, located in Sari city. The sample size of the study includes 30 children who were randomly selected into two experimental groups (15 people) and control (15 people) from the statistical population using available sampling method and were placed in two experimental and control groups. The experimental group was trained in eight 60-minute sessions, twice a week with the designed protocol. The instrument used is Wayland's compromising behavior scale. The results showed that in the effectiveness of this protocol, the control and experimental groups had significant differences (P>0.001) in the two components of communication skills and life skills, and covariance analysis and Welch's analysis of variance were used to achieve this difference. This indicates the effectiveness of the protocol designed for the solution-oriented child skill training method on the communication skills and life skills of mentally challenged children. It can be concluded that the child's skill training approach is effective in expanding the communication skills and life of mentally disabled children.

Keywords

• communication skills
• life skills
• solution-focused kids'؛ skill
• mentally disabled