TY - JOUR T1 - The Efficacy of Group Play Therapy on the Social Skills of Pre-School Hearing-Impaired Children TT - بررسی اثربخشی بازی‌درمانی گروهی بر مهارت‌های اجتماعی کودکان پیش‌دبستانی آسیب‌دیده شنوایی JF - USWR JO - USWR VL - 16 IS - 1 UR - http://rehabilitationj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-1568-en.html Y1 - 2015 SP - 76 EP - 85 KW - Group play therapy KW - Social skills KW - Hearing-impaired children N2 - Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate of the efficacy of group play therapy on the social skills of pre-school hearing-impaired children. Materials & Methods: The present research was a semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test design and control group. The participants were 30 male hearing-impaired children from pre-schools centers in Varamin and Gharchak provinces using an available method. Subjects were randomly divided into experimental and control groups, each group consisting of 15 children. The experimental group received 12 sessions of group play therapy and the control group did not. The instruments were done using the Raven coloure progressive matrices test and social skills rating scale. The data were recorded and statistically analyzed using MANCOVA. Results: The results of MANCOVA showed that group play therapy had a significant effect on the social skills of hearing-impaired children (P M3 ER -