BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS IN ADOLESCENTS WITH MILD INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
Journal Title: Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation - Year 2013, Vol 14, Issue 3
Abstract
Adolescents with intellectual disabilities, due to deficits in their intellectual functioning, are exposed to even greater risk of developing various forms of behavioral disorders. Goal: to determine the risk of emergence of behavioral disorders in adolescents with mild intellectual disability. Respondents: adolescents (211) with mild intellectual disability, educational staff in special secondary schools (39) and members of the expert team (5). Methods: descriptive method, method of comparative analysis. Procedures: survey and semi-structured interviews with the educational staff and expert team. Statistical data processing: Windows Tool R x C for contingency tables analysis and Fisher Exact Test, and as significant were considered the differences with significance level of p<0.05. Results: with the statistical data processing we came to the conclusion that the school achievements affect the emergence of undesired behavior (p<0.001). Conclusion: we came to the conclusion that different forms of behavioral disorders appear in students and they haven’t been sufficiently informed about the possible consequences and they rarely voluntarily initiate conversation in respect of the problem. The behavioral disorders in this category of students are conditioned by multiple factors by the type of housing, the duration of the period in a student home, the school achievements, the age and the sex.
Authors and Affiliations
Zoran KITKANJ| Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Skopje, Emilija GEORGIEVA| Special Elementary School “Idnina” – Skopje
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP7926
- DOI -
- Views 445
- Downloads 35
COOPERATION BETWEEN MACEDONIAN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY FOR AUTISM AND ROTARY CLUB SKOPJE - CYRIL AND METHODIUS
On 22nd of December 2012 the Macedonian Scientific Society for Autism (MSSA) together with the Rotary Club Skopje - Cyril and Methodius organized a New Year party for children with autistic spectrum disorder. The party w...
STRUCTURE OF BODY DEFORMATIES AMONG PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION
The purpose of this research was to assess body structure deformities among people with mental retardation. Knowing the structure of people with mental retardation’s physical deformities is the starting basis of a quali...
EDUCATION, ART AND THERAPY USING PUPPETS
This article was presented by three Japanese professionalists in special education. Based upon their own long experience in using puppets in practice they explored in a scientific way the influence of art in the educati...
"THE OTHER" IN THE LIGHT OF INTEGRATION AND INCLUSION IN THE ISRAELI EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND SOCIETY: A "SIGNIFICANT OTHER" INDEED?
The article examines the concept of "The Other" bearing the meaning of "different", rather than the meaning of "whoever is not myself", in the light of Integration and Inclusion in the Israeli Educational System and Soci...
MEASURING SELF-ESTEEM OF DEAF/HARD OF HEARING COLLEGE STUDENTS
This study examines Deaf/hard of hearing college students' implicit and explicit self-esteem, with thirty-six 18 to 21 year old (Age ± SD, 19.4±0.9) subjects. Following are the results of this study: Just as hearing stud...