Achievement of Social Skills in children with mental retardation

Social skills are defined as the set of skills used to interact and communicate with one another.Social skills are an important aspect of education for all young children with and without disabilities. The need to interact with each other is fundamental for normal functioning in the society.However children with mental retardation encompass a heterogeneous group of people with varying needs.They have a deficit in one or more areas like self-care, home living, communication and social skills.The educational programs for children with mental retardation should focus on developing social skills,to help them to participate in community.Social Skills has become a prime concern,hence there is a need to examine the social skill achievement in children attending home based program and children attending regular special schools.The findings of the study will help in developing a comprehensive training program which will emphasize on social skill training in children right from childhood. This training program should be adopted by all the service models in providing education, which encompasses the (personal, social, academic, occupational)overalldevelodevelopment of the children.