Volume : 3, Issue : 5, May - 2014

Special educational Intervention for Children with Intellectual disability having Autism

T. Anitha Reddy P. Hd

Abstract :

The purpose of the study was to find out the effectiveness of special educational intervention for children with intellectual disability having autism . Pre–post designing is used .The main objectives is to study the efficacy of special educational intervention on a select sample of children with intellectual disability having autism. The intervention was provided individually with age wise distribution of sample (N–13, M–11, F–2). Screening was done by administering psychological tests like (DST), (VSMS), (BKT).Children below IQ 70 were administered (ISSA) . FACP (pre interventional–test) was administered to children having mild and moderate ID having autism. Special educational intervention package was planned and executed for target group. The intervention was implemented individually along with home based training. The raw scores obtained were tabulated and analyzed using paired t–test for finding the statistical significance of the intervention. Findings suggest that the proposed procedure is an effective method .