Is parental training effective in improving the quality of life of person with intellectual disability: An experimental research?

Abstract

Intellectual Disabled (ID) person has a right to live and received recognition and importance. There is a strong need to strengthen the social, emotional, physical and personal support systems among the families of these ID people and the society at large. The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of parents training program in quality of life of children with ID on its dimension Health and Wellness (HW) and Rehabilitation and Education (RE). Binet-Kamat Test of Intelligence and Quality of Life Scale for Persons with Disabilities were applied. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was applied on the pre test scores and post test scores obtained by the participants in the experimental and control group before and after the Parent Training Programme. It has found that parent training programme of individual with intellectual disability is effective and important interventional approach. That provides parents knowledge, guidance and understanding about their children and ways how to respond them in a positive, nurturing and proactive manner.