تقدير معلمي التربية الخاصة لأهمية أسلوب التعزيز الرمزي في تعديل السلوك العدواني لدى المتخلفين عقليا

Abstract

The current study aims to reveal the extent For special education teachers on the token reinforcement method and for their use of it, and to identify it’s fields applications, in addition to the disclosure of the differences between teachers in their appreciation of the importance of token reinforcement method to modify aggressive behavior of the mild mental retardation’s student, through sex and professional experience, and to achieve this, the researchers applied questionnaire of (21) items, on a sample of (38) teachers in "Saida" town. Results revealed that the majority of teachers (94.74%) had an ample knowledge of the Token reinforcement method and all of them(100%) use it to modify behavior, while there are no statistically significant differences between teachers in their appreciation of the importance of Token reinforcement to modify aggressive behavior of the mild mental retardation’s student due to their gender or professional experience.