Development of some social skills as an introduction to reduce some symptoms of behavioral disorders in children with Down syndrome

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The research aims to development some social skills as an input to reduce some behavioral disorders in children with Down Syndrome, and that through the disclosure of the effectiveness of the training program in the development of social skills of these children,the study sample consisted of 9 children with Down syndrome who are educable mentally retarded, their ages ranged from (9:12) years, and the ratio of intelligence from (50:75) from the Center for the development of mental abilities in the city of Sabha Libya, the researcher used from the tools measure of the economic level, social, cultural and measure of the social skills and measure of behavioral disorders, consisting of three components (social withdrawal, self-harm, aggressive behavior), the training program and all measurements prepared by the researcher, the results of the study found that there are differences between the two measurements pre and post and absence of differences between the two measurements post and follow-up of members of the experimental group in social skills and behavioral disorders.

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