A study to assess the effectiveness of psycho education module on promoting self care abilities of children, among care givers of intellectually disabled children at selected Special School, Chennai

A study to assess the effectiveness of psycho education module on promoting self care abilities of children, among care givers of intellectually disabled children at selected Special school, Chennai. Intellectual disability refers to children whose intellectual capacity is lowered or underdeveloped to an extent which prevents normal function of self care activities. Self care refers to do the things that one normally does in daily living. It includes any daily activity that one performs for self care such as feeding, bathing, brushing, toileting, grooming. Psycho education helps the people to promote their activities and also to lead an independent life. Objectives: 1. To identify the socio demographic variables of care givers of Intellectually disabled children 2. To assess the level of self care abilities of children before psycho education among care givers of intellectually disabled children 3. To assess the level of self care abilities of children after psycho education among caregivers of intellectually disabled children 4. To measure the effectiveness of psycho education on self care abilities of children among care givers of intellectually disabled children 5. To associate the effectiveness of psycho education on self care abilities of children, among care givers with selected demographic variables. Methodology: Research approach: A Quantitative research approach, Research design: pre experimental one group pre test and post test design was used. Sampling technique: The sample was selected by convenient sampling technique (n=60). Study population: Care givers of intellectual disability children Study tool: Modified behavioral assessment scales for Indian children with mental retardation. Data collection procedure: Psycho education was administered to the care givers through flash cards, charts, power point regarding the following aspects of promoting self care abilities like brushing technique, bathing methods, eating techniques, toilet training, hand washing techniques, dressing and grooming aspects. Analysis: Demographic variables were analyzed by using descriptive statistics like mean, standard deviation and psychological variables were analyzed by using inferential statistics Results: The overall pre-test self care ability score among care givers of intellectual disability children 52.5%, whereas in post-test it was 76.8%.So the significance difference between pre-test and post- test score is 24.3%. Discussion: Self care ability was assessed by modified structured questionnaire. The results on post- test showed significant gain in self care ability (p= 0.001) in score. Hence the objectives were achieved and hypothesis has been accepted. Conclusion: The study findings revealed that psycho education module was very effective and helped the care givers to promote their childre