Developing Social Skills among Individuals with Intellectual Disability using Positive Behavior Intervention and Support

By : Kumari Mamta, Wasim Ahmad, Nazli

Page No: 715-723

Abstract
Background: Good social skills help the individuals to make relationship easy in the community. Individuals with intellectual disability have limited ability to learn social skills due to sub normality of intelligence. Thus, there is need to train them for social skills either by their family or by their teachers in the schools. Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) is one of the effective methods to improve social skills among individuals having inappropriate behavior. Objective: To find out the effect of PBIS on developing social skills among individuals with intellectual disability. Sample: Twenty individuals with intellectual disability were selected and randomly divided in to two groups (Control n=10, Experimental n=10). Design: It was a pre test, post-test control group design. Tool: Social Skills Questionnaire (TEACHER) developed by Spence (1995) was used to collect the data during pre and post tests. Results: Significant difference in the mean of control and experimental group has been found. The PBIS was found to be effective. Significant difference with regard to gender and age was noticed. Conclusion: There was a significant effect of PBIS in learning social skills by children with intellectual disability.

Authors :
Kumari Mamta : M.Ed. Scholar Special Education (Intellectual Disability) – Govt. Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID), Chandigarh, India.
Wasim Ahmad : Assistant Professor Special Education (Intellectual Disability) – Govt. Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID), Chandigarh, India.
Nazli : Assistant Professor Cum Course Coordinator Special Education (Intellectual Disability) – Government Rehabilitation Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID), Chandigarh, India.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2020.15.02.31