Mohammad Aghayinejad; maryam chorami; ahmad gazanfari; tayebeh sharifi
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a parent-centered intervention based on Incredible years on adaptive behavior of 5-7 years old intellectual disability children. This study was experimental with pretest-posttest design and follow-up with control group. The statistical population ...
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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a parent-centered intervention based on Incredible years on adaptive behavior of 5-7 years old intellectual disability children. This study was experimental with pretest-posttest design and follow-up with control group. The statistical population included all educable intellectual disability students who were studying in special centers in Lordegan in 2018. Thirty people were randomly selected and assigned to two groups of 15 (experimental and control). The vinland Adaptive Behavior Questionnaire was administered to the two groups as a pre-test. Then the parents of the experimental group were treated to an incredible interventional program for 12 sessions and the control group's parents did not receive any intervention during this period. At the end of the intervention period and 3 months later, the Vineland Behavioral Test was again administered to the two groups as post-test and follow-up respectively. The obtained data were analyzed by repeated measures ANOVA using spss22 software. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the performance of the two experimental and control groups in adjustment behavior (p <0.001). Therefore, it can be concluded that the intervention program of the incredible years was effective in improving the behavioral behavior of intellectual disability children and the subscales of occupational problems, socialization, communication and self-help dress , and the viability of the intervention program remained after 3 months.