عنوان البحث (عربي) فاعلية برنامج إرشادي جمعي لخفض الضغوط النفسية لأمهات المعاقين عقلياً بولاية النيل الأبيض بالسودان

This study tries to design and apply a group counseling program to reduce psychological stresses among mothers of mentally retarded in Kosti town in White Nile State-Sudan. The researchers applied the experimental method – one group design. All mothers are selected for the study (40) subjects. The tools of data collection consist of the following parts; bibliographical information sheet, Psychological Stress Scale which has been applied before and after the application of the group counseling program which consists of (8) sessions: The first session is for the acquaintance between the families of retarded, the second session is for evaluating retarded behavior, the third session is for configuring parents for educational knowledge, the fourth session is for training parents to be acquainted with different skills, the fifth session is for identifying family problems, the sixth session is for training parents to be acquainted with the skills of solving problems, the last session is for ex-post evaluation