The effect of storytelling and role playing on learning social skills by teachable mentally retarded children

Subject Areas : Educational Science

robabeh abaresi ¹ , saeed temuri ²

1 - دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد روان شناسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی تربت جام
2 - استادیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تربت جام

Received: 2012-09-28 Accepted : 2013-04-27 Published : 2012-06-21

Keywords: social skills, Storytelling, role playing, teachable mentally retarded children, Verbal Communication,

Abstract :

The present study investigates the effect of storytelling and role playing on learning social skills by teachable mentally retarded children. Te study is a quasi-experimental one, with pre-test, post-test and control group. The sample included 30 children who were assigned randomly to the experimental and control groups. The experimental group experienced a 2.5 months of storytelling along with role playing. Based on t-test results, social skills in experimental group significantly improved.