Psychosocial development of Down’s syndrome child by some variables

Abstract

The current study aims to determine the level of psychosocial development of the child of Down syndrome and to detect the existence of significant statistical differences in the level of psychosocial development of the child of Down syndrome according to the gender variable and the degree of disability. To achieve this goal, the analytical descriptive approach was adopted through the use of the child psychosocial development scale. The study was conducted on a sample of 102 children with Down syndrome who are members of the national association for school and vocational integration of down syndrome (ANIT) in Relizane and the mentally retarded children centers in Oued Djomaa and Oued Rhiou. To study the following results:  A child with Down syndrome has a high level psychosocial development.  There were no statistically significant differences in the psychosocial development level, depending on the gender and the degree of disability variables for a child with Down syndrome