The Effect of Training Social Skills on Increase Social Development and Decrease Behavioral Disorders in Mild Retarded Children

The aim of this research was the effect of training social skills in the social development and behavioral disorders of mentally retarded students. Samples were 70 persons and selected by randomly in two groups (i.e., 35 subject in control group and 35 ones in experimental groups). The instrument for study was Vinelandʹs social development and did not find any significant differences between them. Then the experimental group training social skills for 12 week and then both of groups were tested. Data were analyzed by multi factor variance statistical method. The results at (p<0.05) showed that there were significant differences between experimental and control group on social development and total points of behavioral disorders and its ingredients , in the other word education of adaptable behaviors in educable mentally retarded children could an increase in social development and a decrease in behavioral disorders to them