RT - Journal Article T1 - The Effect of Puppetry (with UV Light) in Reduction of Aggression of Educable Mentally Retarded Female Students JF - USWR YR - 2011 JO - USWR VO - 11 IS - 0 UR - http://rehabilitationj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-399-en.html SP - 88 EP - 93 K1 - Educable mentally retarded students K1 - Art therapy K1 - Puppetry K1 - Aggression AB - Objective: anti-social behaviors and aggression are among the most common causes of children and adolescents referred to mental health clinics, That seen many among individuals with mental retardation. For the treatment of mental retardation children'aggression have been proposed Several methods. Puppetry as one of these interventions, can be effective in treatment of aggression and behavioral problems in mental retardation children . The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of puppetry (with uv light) in reducing aggression of educable mental retardation students in primary school. Materials & Methods: This study is a quasi-experimental study. In this study, 40 mental retardation students selected randomly through Tehran schools and randomly put in intervention group (20 cases), and the control group (20 cases). The intervention group exhibited puppet show (with uv light) seven successive sessions every day ( 15 to 20 minnutes) . the end of intervention mentally retarded aggression scale (B.D.GH) was done and data analyzed by paired t-test and independed t-test.. Results: aggression Mean of control and experimental showed no significant statistical difference in pre-test (p=0.999) but after the test, aggression mean of experimental group is significantly lower than control group (p LA eng UL http://rehabilitationj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-399-en.html M3 ER -