مستوى مهارات المناصرة الذاتية و استقصاء فاعلية برنامج تدريبي في تنميتها لدى عينة من الأشخاص المراهقين ذوي الإعاقة العقلية البسيطة بدولة الكويت

Abstract EN

The study aimed to assess the level of self-advocacy skills and investigate the effectiveness of a training program in its development among a sample of people with mild intellectual disability in the state of Kuwait.

the study population included (185) in the survey study, and 30 students for experimental study in the training program to develop self-advocacy skills, who scored low in the self-advocacy scale, the students were randomly distributed into two groups : experimental and control, the control group included of (15) students, and the experimental group consisted of (15) students.

the researchers prepared a scale of self-advocacy skills and the training program, and the validity and reliability of the scale and the validity of the program were verified.

the results indicated that the total average of the self-advocacy ratings of students with simple intellectual disabilities in the state of Kuwait came to a medium degree, while all sub-domains came to a medium degree, where the field of self-awareness ranked first with the highest average and a medium degree, followed by the field of knowledge of rights with an average and a medium degree, then the field of communication and a medium degree, while the field of leadership came in the last rank with the lowest average and a medium degree.

the results also showed that there are statistically significant differences in all areas (self-awareness, knowledge of rights, communication, and leadership) of the scale of self-advocacy skills for adolescent students with mild intellectual disabilities in the state of Kuwait according to the training program and for the benefit of the experimental group.

the study recommended the need to pay attention to developing self-advocacy skills for all categories of intellectual disabilities.