فاعلية برنامج تدريبي متعدد الأنشطة لتنمية المهارات المهنية للطلاب ذوي الإعاقة الفكرية بمنطقة الباحة

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a multi-activity training program for developing vocational skills among students with intellectual disabilities in the preparatory educational program in the Baha region. The quasi-experimental method was employed, and the following tools were utilized: a vocational skills scale developed by the researcher, and the multi-activity training program also developed by the researcher. The study sample consisted of 10 students with intellectual disabilities from the educational administration of the Baha region, selected purposively among those who scored the lowest on the vocational skills scale, falling in the lowest quartile, and whose ages ranged from 16 to 18 years, with a mean age of 16.90 years and a standard deviation of 0.738. The main sample was divided into two groups: an experimental group (n=5 students) and a control group (n=5 students). Pre-equivalence between the two groups was verified in terms of age and vocational skills variable. Subsequently, the multi-activity training program was implemented for the experimental group over 25 training sessions. Afterward, post-measurements were taken for both groups, and the hypotheses were tested for validity. The results of the study showed statistically significant differences at the 0.01 level between the mean ranks of the control and experimental groups in the post-measurement of the vocational skills scale and its sub-dimensions in favor of the experimental group. Furthermore, statistically significant differences were found at the 0.05 level between the mean ranks of individuals in the experimental group in the pre- and post-measurements of the total score of the vocational skills scale and its sub-dimensions, indicating improvement in the post-measurement. Finally, no statistically significant differences were found between the mean ranks of individuals in the experimental group in the post- and follow-up measurements of the vocational skills scale and its sub-dimensions.