Intellectual functioning and behavioral disorders
Dragana Maćešić-Petrović1, Mirjana Japundža-Milisavljević, Aleksandra Djuric-Zdravkovic
1Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade, Serbia. macesicd@yahoo.com
Abstract:
The paper discusses areas of behavioral functioning of children with intellectual disability, such as behavior with or without hyperactivity. The study covered 124 children with intellectual disability attending elementary schools in Belgrade. The Conners Rating Scale was used, and the areas of behavior in the classroom, participation in the group and attitude towards authority were covered. The results of our study suggest the presence of disorders in behavior and social-emotional functioning ranging from 11.2 to 40.4%. We have highlighted the importance of the use of multimodal approach and method of reeducation of psychomotor activity in rehabilitation of the studied children.
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