英文摘要 |
The purpose of this study was to explore the cognitive-behavioral group program for students with visual impairmentsto enhance their social skills and to examine whether the effects of group counseling could carry on or not. The study used before and after quasi-experimental design, the experimental group (n = 11) received weekly cognitive-behavioral group counseling once every 90 minutes for 10 weeks while the comparison group (n = 11) did not receive any experimental treatment. Before and after the implementation, students and tutors from both groups filled out the 'basic social skills scale.' During the group program, two observers filled out the 'members of the behavioral observation evaluation form' to see whether the members of the group's social skills had been increased followed each group program or not. The t-test, ANOVA, and Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyze research data. The main findings of this study were as followed. First, overall, cognitive-behavioral group programs enhanced social skills of students with visual impairments by showing immediate counseling effects. From teachers' assessments, the group could help students improve social skills. Nevertheless, from students' self-awareness tests, only initiative subscale showed immediate counseling effects, the remaining components of the table did not show any immediate counseling effects. Second, the results from the assessment made by the instructors and the student's self-awareness showed that students with visual impairmentswere gaining social skills from the cognitive-behavioral program continuously. Third, the 'members of the behavioral observation assessment form' made by the two observers showed that along with cognitive-behavioral group's implementation, students' social skills had gradually improved. Although the improvement was related to the times of the group implementation, the trend was going up on the whole. Fourth, the implementation of cognitive-behavioral groups and the visually impaired students' social skills were moderately related. Based on the findings of this study, suggestions for practitioners and future research were provided. |