Effect of Cultural Plays on Developing Social Skills among Individuals with Mild Intellectual Disability

The present study has been conducted to find out the Effect of Cultural Play on Social skills among Children with Mild Intellectual Disability. Using purposive cum convenient sampling technique, sample has been drawn in the age group of 8-11. The sample size was 8 children with mild intellectual disability. A five point rating scale has been developed and validated by the researcher which consists of 20 items of social skills. The intervention was planned with 5 different cultural plays of Tamilnadu with necessary modifications and adaptations. The duration of the intervention was for two months which consists of 40 sessions. Subjects were fully involved in the intervention directly by the researcher. Based on the results of the pre and post test performance, the collected data was analyzed quantitatively. The findings revealed that there was a significant effect of Cultural Play on Social skills among selected sample. The data was analyzed using t-test. On the whole, the intervention was found to be effective on developing social skills among the selected sample.