“A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Parenting Skill Program on Child’s Mal Adaptive Behavior, among the Parents of Children with Intellectual Developmental Disability in Selected Special Schools of Karnal”

Methods: Quasi-experimental time series research design was adopted. Two special schools for children with IDD were randomly selected and assigned to experimental and control group. Total 160 parents of children with mild and moderate IDD were chosen by using a computerized- randomization table process and were allocated to experiment and control group. Structured interview was conducted and information regarding socio demographic variables and pretest data on parental self-efficacy and mental wellbeing and Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS) was collected from participants in experiment and control group at 1st month. It was followed by twelve interactive sessions spread over 3-months, with weekly sessions for parents in the experimental group. Posttest data of child’s adaptive behavior, parental self- efficacy and mental well-being was collected at 6th, 9th, and 12th months from both groups.

Parenting Skill Program, Intellectual Developmental Disability, Child’s Adaptive Behavior

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