The Effectiveness of the Teaching Thinking Child Program on the Relationship between Mothers and Slow-Paced Children

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 MA in Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, School of Psychology & Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the Teaching Thinking Child Program on the relationship between mothers and their slow-paced child. The present study is quasi-experimental with a pre-test and post-test design without a control group. The statistical population includes all mothers of slow-paced children aged 4 to 7 years in Esfahan. The sample consists of 30 mothers of children aged 4 to 7 years in non-profit special schools for children with learning disabilities in the 2019-2020 school year. They were selected through an available sampling method and agreed to participate in the “Teaching Thinking Child Program” workshop. The research instruments were the Demographic Questionnaire and Pianta’s Parent-Child Relationship Scale (CPRS). The intervention program was organized as a workshop in 9 sessions, one session of two hours per week. Data were analyzed with the paired Hotelling's T-square statistical analysis using SPSS software version 22. The results showed that the Teaching Thinking Child Program improved the relationship between mothers and mentally retarded and slow-paced children.

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