Methodological procedures for the development of conceptual and social skills in people with intellectual disability

Abstract

Contemporary approach in treating people with intellectual disability is aimed at the development and implementation of methodological procedures, which should provide them with academic knowledge and skills, as well as with the development of adaptive skills. The development of these skills improves functional usage of the acquired academic knowledge in everyday life. This paper presents some methodological procedures which are applied in stimulating the development of certain conceptual and social skills in children and youth with intellectual disabilities. By analyzing the available studies, it can be concluded that the usage of new technological achievements improves standard behavioral procedures for the development of conceptual and social skills in people with intellectual disability. Simultaneous application of behavioral procedures and assistive technologies allows a high degree of individualization, fast and continuous feedback, saving resources and time, as well as optimal functional preparedness of these people to live in a community.

Savremeni pristup u tretmanu osoba sa intelektualnom ometenošću usmeren je na kreiranje i implementaciju metodskih procedura koje bi trebalo da im omoguće, osim sticanja akademskih znanja i veština, i razvoj njihovih adaptivnih sposobnosti. Razvojem ovih veština unapređuje se funkcionalna upotreba stečenih akademskih znanja u svakodnevnom životu. U ovom radu prikazane su neke od metodskih procedura koje se primenjuju u stimulaciji razvoja pojedinih konceptualnih i socijalnih sposobnosti kod dece i mladih sa intelektualnim poremećajima. Analizom dostupnih studija, može se zaključiti da upotreba novih tehnoloških dostignuća unapređuje standardne bihejvioralne procedure namenjene razvoju konceptualnih i socijalnih veština kod osoba sa intelektualnom ometenošću. Simultana primena bihejvioralnih procedura i asistivnih tehnologija omogućava visok stepen individualizacije, brz i kontinuiran fidbek, uštedu sredstava i vremena, kao i optimalniju funkcionalnu pripremljenost ovih osoba za život u zajednici.