فعالية برنامج قائم على نظرية المرونة المعرفية لتنمية مهارات مناصرة الذات و اتخاذ القرار للتلاميذ الصم بالمرحلة الإعدادية

Abstract EN

The effectiveness of a program based on the theory of cognitive flexibility to develop self-advocacy and decision-making skills for deaf students in the preparatory stage

The research aimed to measure the effectiveness of a program based on the theory of cognitive flexibility on developing self-advocacy and decision-making skills for deaf students in the preparatory stage.

The research sample consisted of (32) deaf male and female students in the preparatory stage.

They were divided into two groups, one of them is experimental (16) male and female, and the other is control (16) male and female students, their ages ranged between (14-17) years, and their intelligence degree ranged between (90-100) degrees.

The research tools were the scale of self-advocacy skills, and decision-making skills (prepared by the researcher).

The program based on the theory of cognitive flexibility was applied over a period of (20) sessions, over a period of approximately (7) weeks, with (3) sessions per week.

The results of the research revealed the effectiveness of the program based on the theory of cognitive flexibility on developing self-advocacy and decision-making skills for deaf students in the preparatory stage.

The research recommended the necessity of including self-advocacy and decision-making skills in the curricula of the deaf in the preparatory stage.