The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of group
play training on adaptive behavior of educable mentally disabled students. The statistical population of this study included all students with
intellectual disability in grades 1, 2, 3 of
educable pri
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The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of group
play training on adaptive behavior of educable mentally disabled students. The statistical population of this study included all students with
intellectual disability in grades 1, 2, 3 of
educable primary schools in Isfahan. The sample included 40 students (20
boys and 20 girls) who were selected by multi-stage
cluster sampling. Then they were randomly divided into two groups: the
experimental (10 girls and 10 boys) and control (10 girls and 10 boys) groups.
The instrument used in this research was, Vineland Social Maturity Scale (Doll,
1965). The pretest was administered to both the experimental and control
groups. Then experimental group received the
group play training for 8 sessions, each, one hour. Then post-test
administered. The results of co-variance analyses showed that group play
training had a significant effect on adaptive behavior of these children (P < 0.0001).
Also, the results showed that there was no significant difference between
girl's and boy's mean scores of Vineland social maturity scale in post test.
The finding showed that the group play
training could increase adaptive behavior in students with intellectual
disabilities (P < .0001).
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