Effectiveness of Educational Programs for Child Rehabiliration of Different Abilities

Authors

  • Edo Sherifi PhD Candidate, Department of Psychology & Education Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tirana, Albania

Abstract

The purpose of this study is a reflection on the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs for the psychosocial development of
children with limited skills. The methods used were vertical observations. Semi structured interviews, observations. Focus group.
Questionnaire based on methods like: Teacch, Holding, Ethodinamic, Flooertime, DIR, PESCA. DT.T.ABA. For the period 2002-2011,
the mental age of children with Down syndrome in practical educational programs rose to 6 years old on average of 6.5 months of
children's mental ability. Mental age of children to3 years old without practical educational programs rose on average 1.5 month. Mental
age of autistic children under rehabilitation program to 6 years old rose to 2.5 months. Autistic children's mental age free of exercise
program grew on average 3 years. The average mental age of children with mental retardation increased 7 years old to5.5 months.
Mental age of children without mental training programs increased to 3.5 months. Children under exercise, performed on average 55% of
the program, at a complete Likert degree level. While children without exercise programs did not realize 68% of the test sections on
cognitive skills. Autistic children performed 50% of exercise training program for cognitive skills, 55% of the training program for linguistic
skills. Autistic children free from training did not realize 69% of the test for cognitive ability test and 55% of language test. Children with
Down syndrome under exercise completed 45% of the program on cognitive skills and 55% of the training program for linguistic skills.
Untrained children with mental rehabilitation programs in the 2011 test did not realize 73% of the test on cognitive skills and 66% of test
on language training.. Results show that by applying modern methods of rehabilitation programs, real institutional instruments
intertwined with co-parent specialist, psychosocial development of children with autism, Down syndrome, mental weakness, is difficult
but not impossible.

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Published

2012-03-01

How to Cite

Effectiveness of Educational Programs for Child Rehabiliration of Different Abilities. (2012). Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2(5), 203. https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/jesr/article/view/11951