점토를 활용한 협동 활동이 정신지체 청소년의 사회성 기술에 미치는 영향

A Study on The Effects of Cooperative Activities using The Clay on Social Skills of Adolescents with Mental Retardation

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cooperative activities using the clay on social skills of adolescents with mental retardation. To verify the effects of the program, the change of grade was examined between the pre/post Social Skills Rating System(SSRS) developed by Gresham Elliott(1991). The results of this study are as follows: First, cooperative activities using the clay had positive effect on the cooperation of adolescents with mental retardation. Second, cooperative activities using the clay had positive effect on the assertion of adolescents with mental retardation. Third cooperative activities using the clay had positive effect on the self-control of adolescents with mental retardation. In addition, it is necessary to develop therapeutic tools for cooperative activities using the clay limited in material. At last, cooperative activities using the clay play program had positive effect on the social skills of adolescents with mental retardation but there is a need of further researches to be generalizing normal adolescents.