EFFECT OF STRUCTURED VOCATIONAL SKILL TRAINING ON SOCIALIZATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGED

Abstract

The socialization and personal development of the students with intellectual disabilities has always been a challenge for the parents and the society. These people face more failure and rejection from the society. A number of interventions could have been done in order to improve these two traits of the SWID. The study targets to explore the relationship between the Vocational Training and the level of Socializing and Personal Development of the Study Group which represents the Intellectually Challenged persons of the society. The sample of the study is 30 students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities (MID) and Moderate Intellectual Disabilities (MDID) and their parents. When proper training with systematic task analysis is provided, there is a change in the socializing and Personal development of the SWID.