Body Safety Training Program for Children with Disabilities; A Case Study of Department of Special Education Punjab Pakistan

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Published Jun 1, 2024
https://doi.org/10.61506/02.00228
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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2024): Journal of Policy Research

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Nadia Shafiq
Psychologist, Department of Special Education Punjab, Lahore
Aqsa Batool
Psychologist, Department of Special Education Punjab, Lahore
Israr Ahmed
Lecturer (Education) Department of Special Education Punjab, Lahore
Junaid Shafiq
BS Special Education Govt. In-Service Training College for teachers of Deaf, Lahore

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The current study aimed to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a sexual abuse prevention training program to increase personal body safety skills in children having intellectual, hearing, visual or physical disability. A quasi-experimental design with Within-subject was used in which participants were compared on pre-test and post-test. A sample of 40 participants (n=20 boys, n=20 girls), age range 06-19, attended 8-week training were taken purposively. Personal Body Safety Training Program was used as school-based program which delivered the child sexual abuse prevention knowledge and self-protection school-based What If’ Situations Test used as pre and post result measure. The ‘What If’ Situations Test (WIST-III-R) contains six scales designed to assess children’s abilities to recognize, resist, and report inappropriate touching.  Paired sample t test, independent t test and ANOVA were used for statistical analysis. The Results showed that by attending such programs, children with disabilities could increase their knowledge of personal safety skills and apply this knowledge in their day-to-day lives. Results showed significant differences between pre and post scores of participants after undergoing the Personal Body Safety Training Program. Moreover, a significant difference was found between participants disability wise in pretest and posttest scores but there was no significant difference observed between boys and girls.  The study inculcated that the training contributed positively to the children’s sense of personal space and reporting skills.

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Shafiq, N. , Batool, A. , Ahmed, I. and Shafiq, J. 2024. Body Safety Training Program for Children with Disabilities; A Case Study of Department of Special Education Punjab Pakistan. Journal of Policy Research. 10, 2 (Jun. 2024), 220–227. DOI:https://doi.org/10.61506/02.00228.
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