The Impact of Portage Early Intervention Program on Developing the Basic Skills of Children with Mental Disabilities
by: Nahed Nasr
Abstract:
Reviewing previous literature indicates that children with mental disabilities suffer from poor coping with other individuals. However, early intervention program such Portage technique was suggested to enhance children's integration into their society. The present research is a quasi-experimental design study that adopted a quantitative method, involving 10 children with mental disability. The children were identified to have a mental disability, and data were then exposed to the descriptive statistics and Wilcoxson signed rank test. The results showed that coping skills were enhanced after students trained based on the Portage early intervention program. Furthermore, significant differences were noticed between the pre-posttest, in favor of post-test results among children with disability. The study indicated that the participants have improved their coping skills which helps them to engage and integrate into their society. The study, therefore, encouraged decision making academicians to regularly organize positive counseling and psychological training for children with special needs in general and children with mental disability in particular
Keywords:
Children
Early Intervention
Mental Disabilitie
Portage
