The Effectiveness of social skills training program on theory of mind and social behaviors of children with nonverbal learning disorder

The present study was to investigate the effectiveness of social skills training program on theory of mind and social behaviors of children with nonverbal learning disorder. 36 children with nonverbal learning disorder were selected by WISC-R and the pupil scale of M. Bassett; and divided into two groups. Theory of mind by eye test (RMET), and social behaviors questionnaire (SDQ) were conduct as pre-test. The children of experimental group were attending in social skills training program for 12 sessions. Same inventory after training period conducted as post-test on both groups again. These value was compared through covariance analysis. The results showed a significant increasing in theory of mind, and para-social behaviors; a reduction in emotional symptoms and problems with peers in children of experimental group compared with control group. There are not any significant changes in hyperactivity and conduct disorder. Thus, the effectiveness of social skills training program on theory of mind and some social behaviors of children with nonverbal learning disorder were confirmed.