[Study of the effectiveness of personal communication on developing the consciousness of protection skills from sexual abuse for mild mentally retarded children]

ABSTRACT

The research basically aims to study the effectiveness of the personal communication on developing the consciousness of protection skills from sexual abuse for mild mentally retarded children. The research depends on the experimental method, using [30] mentally retarded children, aged between [6-11] years and divided into two groups, one is an experimental and the other is a control one, each consists of [15] children. The tools of the research are Good Enough- Harries Test for intelligence, [prepared by Good Enough- Harries]. The Data Collection Form for Social, Economical and Cultural Level, [prepared by Salah Mukhimer, 1979], a test for consciousness of protection skills from the sexual abuse for mild mentally retarded children, [prepared by the researcher] and a program for personal communication for developing the protection skills from sexual abuse for the mild mentally retarded children, [prepared by the researcher]. The most important result of the research is There are statistically significant differences between the average grades of the experimental group before and after exposure to the program of the personal communication for developing the protection skills from sexual abuse for the mild mentally retarded children in favor of the after- test parameter. That is approved the effectiveness of this program which mentioned above