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• TITLE: Instructional Model for Social Skills Intervention Children with Visual Impairment

  AUTHORS: Norshidah Mohamad Salleh, Khalim Zainal

  KEYWORDS: Visual Impairment, Social Skills, Imitation, Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory, Intervention Model

  JOURNAL NAME: Creative Education, Vol.9 No.14, October 30, 2018

  ABSTRACT: This paper discusses a proposed instruction model for intervention of social skills children with visual impairment. Intervention model based on Badura’s Social Cognitive Learning Theory wereproposed to help students with visual impairment in the development of their social skills. The emphasis of the theory was based on imitation, environment and cognition. The three elements are interrelated in the development of social skills and individual behavior. The theory stressed the process of learning behavior through imitation. Without visual information, the imitation was learnt from the information through hearing and touch as well as physical model. The process of imitation was received with reward, reinforcement and motivation will strengthen the social skills learned and the target behavior. In addition, teachers, parents and the communities have an important role in helping and training the visually impaired children to improve their social skills. The impact of the proposed intervention model, the social skill of visual impairment childrenwill be improved so that they canbesocialized effectively with typical children.