The socially acceptable behavioural patterns in children with intellectual disabilities

Abstract

The aim of our research is closely linked to determining social behaviour through an estimation of perception of adequate social patterns and their practical application. The next level of estimation encompasses identification of elementary factors, which are statistically closely related to the behaviour of children with mild intellectual disorders. Our research shows that almost 50% of our tested sample exhibits inappropriate forms of social behaviour. A correlative analysis between behaviour and age, as well as school achievement, points to a statistically significant relation. The practical implications of this theory would show that the educator must identify inappropriate patterns of behaviour in every child, in order to define a treatment that must comprise excellent child motivation, trust in the self and in the educator, certainty that this is the only goal that children find interesting, attractive and in accordance with their individual capabilities, needs and possibilities.