The Effectiveness Training Program to Develpe Social Skills to Reduce School Bullying among Educable Intellectual Disability Children

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor - Department of Special Education, College of Education - King Khalid University. Assistant Professor of Mental Health Department of Psychology - College of Education, New Valley University

2 Assistant Professor - Department of Special Education - College of Education - King Khalid University.

Abstract

The study aimed to: identify the relationship between social skills and school bullying victimization ​​among educable intellectual disability children, explore the differences between males and females in: social skills and school bullying, and investigate the effectiveness of the training program to develop social skills to reduce school bullying victimization for experimental group. The experimental sample consisted of 18 educable intellectual disability children in integration schools in, their chronological age were from 9.67 to 14.18 years (Mage=12.05 ± 1.06), and their IQ were from 60 to 69 degree (MIQ=65.38 ± 3.25). The researchers used descriptive and quasi-experimental approaches, based on experimental design with two groups (experimental and control). The researchers used school bullying victims scale-teachers criterion (prepared by: Teleb & Soleiman, 2019), and they prepared social skills scale for educable intellectual disability children - teachers criterion, and training program. The study reached the following results: there was a negative significant statistical relationship between social skills and school bullying victimization behavior ​​among educable intellectual disability, there were significant differences between males and females in: social skills scale for females, and in school bullying victimization scale for males, and the training program was effective to develop social skills and reduce school bullying victimization behavior for experimental group.

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Volume 72, Issue 72 - Serial Number 72
مناهج وطرق التدریس ( اللغة العربیة- الإنجلیزیة – الفرنسیة – الریاضیات – العلوم- الفنون- الاقتصاد المنزلی- التجاری ... )
April 2020
Pages 51-123
  • Receive Date: 18 February 2020
  • Accept Date: 18 February 2020