Effectiveness of a Proposed Training Program based on The Development of some Vocational Skills for Female Students with mild- intellectual disabilities from the Perspective of Social Casework

The current research aimed at investigating the effectiveness of atraining program for developing some vocational skills of mild intellectually disabled females according to Saudi Vision 2030. The study included 20 mild intellectually disabled females, aged (15- 20) years. They joined middle and high governmental inclusion schools for intellectual disability in Zulfi governorate. The researcher utilized The Fifth Edition of Stanford Binet Scale and a vocational skills scale. The results revealed statistically significant differences at (0.01) level between the means of scores of the experimental group in the pre-test and those of the post-test favoring the post-test. It also revealed statistically significant differences at (0.01) level between the means of scores of the experimental group and those of the control group on the post-test of vocational skills favoring the experimental group. Finally, there was no statistically significant difference at (0.01) level between the means of scores of the experimental group in the vocational skills pretest and those of the follow-up test. It was concluded that vocational training would be also considered one important rehabilitation service for students with mild intellectual disabilities following the Saudi Vision 2030 whose programs seek to give the disabled person the ability to continue work. Considering the results, the researcher recommended benefiting from the proposed training program from the perspective of individual service, which is based on developing some professional skills for individuals with mild intellectual disabilities, in accordance with Vision 2030 of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Keywords: Mild intellectually disabled people, Training program, vocational skills,