The Effect of Body Language Training on Stereotyped behavior in Students with Visual Impairment

Hassan Geribavi¹ Parviz Sharifidaramdi² Saeed Rezayi³

1) MS in Exceptional Child Psychology and Education, Allameh Tabataba i University
2) Professor, Department of Exceptional Children Psychology and Education, Allameh Tabataba i University
3) Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children at Allameh Tabatabai University

IOI Code : XBHE-EFGFE
Publication : International Conference on Exceptional Children(peec-uma.ir)
Abstract :
    Purpose: Stereotyped behavior affect all aspects of the life of people with blindness, while the use and acquisition of language proficiency is associated with effective results. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of language skills training on the blind behaviors of blind students in Ahvaz city .Research method: The present study was experimental (all experimental) with pre-test, post-test and control group design. The statistical population of the study was all blind students studying in Ahwaz in the academic year of 97-96. Using a targeted sampling method, 16 blind students were selected from Shooride Shirazi school in Ahwaz and randomly selected. They were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was trained in 9 sessions. Research tool: In order to collect data, Nariman, Sharifi Daramadi and Rezaei (1395) were used for Stereotyped behavior questionnaire. Findings: Data were analyzed using MANCOVA and SPSS software. The results showed that body language skill training had a significant effect on blind and self-promoting subscales (p <0.05). Conclusion: The results indicated that receiving language skills training generally led to a reduction in the casting behavior of students with visual impairment, which is determined by comparing the phases of the study, that the teaching of the language of the body has positive effects and the presentation of that program, better interventional results Has followed

Keywords : visual impairment stereotyped behaviors body language