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Social Integration of School Age ESN(S) Children in a Regular School
Author(s) -
Rose C. D.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of special education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8578
pISSN - 0952-3383
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8578.1981.tb00454.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , mentally retarded , tutor , sociometric status , test (biology) , special education , sociometry , peer acceptance , social integration , peer group , mathematics education , paleontology , political science , law , biology
Eleven children classified as severely mentally handicapped were observed after a paper and pencil sociometric test given to non‐handicapped children in the school to determine their true level of socialisation with their non‐handicapped peers. the social play interactions were categorised on an adapted version of the Parten Social Participation Scale. It was shown that, by utilising non‐handicapped children in a peer tutor programme, there was a significant increase in associative and cooperative play whilst there was a significant decrease in the level of negative attention‐seeking and inappropriate behaviours.