An instructional strategy-based training program to develop emotional expression skills for studentswithlearning disabilities.

Abstract

This study aims to try to uncover the deficiencies in the emotional expression skills of students with social learning difficulties, as well as the preparation and application of a training program based on the development of emotional expression skills in students with learning difficulties and its effectiveness, and the issue of the study is clear by answering the following question: Can a training program based on a learning strategy lead to the development of emotional expression skills among students with learning disabilities? The study sample consists of 10 male ninth grade students with learning disabilities, integrated in regular classes of regular students, whose chronological age ranges from 14 to 16 years, from the city of Beni Walid. The researcher used an emotional expression skills assessment scale and a cognitive-behavioral training program prepared by her, and the results showed the effectiveness of the cognitive-behavioral training program in developing the emotional expression skills of students with social learning difficulties from the sample members, and its continued effectiveness in the post- measurement.