The Implementation of Modeling Technique on Social Skills of People With Mental Psychotic Disability

Abstract

Abstract. Social skills are not the capacity that can be easily mastered by personswith mental disabilities; they endeavor to master and/-or regain control of thesecapacities. Having 2 persons with mental disabilities as case studies, the objective ofthis study is to improve social skills of those persons with disabilities in more stablemental condition. This research uses a quantitative approach with a single subjectexperimental research design utilizing multiple baseline cross subject model; twopersons with mental disabilities having similar characteristics and behavior becamerespondents of the study. Data analysis has been conducted by means of graphmaking, descriptive statistics, and visual inspection. Furthermore, the research usesface validity for its test validation and inter-rater reliability (kappa coefficient) in thereliability test. The study shows that 4 (four) aspects of social skills of the tworespondents has been increasing since the intervention started. The behavioralimprovement can be seen in the aspects of their communication, people-to-peopleinteraction, ways to cooperate, and motivation for doing daily activities. The postinterventions(A2) measurement indicated that there was a decrease of behavioralfrequency even though the number is still above the prior-intervention phase (A1). Thedecline was allegedly triggered by changes of activities of the two respondents.Keywords: Modeling Technique, Symbolic Model, Social Skills, Mental Disability.