Effectiveness of Life Skills Education by Empowerment Approach to Social Work on Physically and Motor Handicapped Girls

Abstract

Background : This study determined the effectiveness of life skills training by empowerment approach to social work on personal and social adjustment of physically motor handicapped girls.Materials and Methods : The study was semi-experimental design and used pretest-posttest plan with a control group. The intervention group participated in 8 session's life skills training by empowerment approach to social work, and a control group received no teaching. To gathering information from California questionnaire were used. To examine significances, independent t-test was used.Results : There is significant difference in posttest scores between the intervention and control groups (p0.05)Conclusion : Life skills education by empowerment approach to Social work is effective way to promote a level’s adjustment of physical motor disabilities girls.