برنامج تدريبي لتنمية التواصل غير اللفظي واللغة البراجماتية وتحسين جودة الحياة لدى الأطفال ذوي صعوبات التعلم غير اللفظية في المرحلة الابتدائية
The current study aimed to develop non-verbal communication and pragmatic language and improve the quality of life among children with nonverbal learning disabilities in primary school using training program. The participants of the study consisted of (20) male and female children with nonverbal learning disabilities in the primary stage, whose ages ranged from (9,4) to (10,9) years with a mean age of )10,2) years and were divided into two groups (experimental – control). The study used Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, the Family Socio Economic-Cultural Level Scale, the Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Rating Scale, the Non-verbal Communication Rating Scale, the Pragmatic Language Rating Scale, the Quality of Life Scale and the training program. The results revealed that the application of the program is effective in development of the non-verbal communication and pragmatic language and improving the quality of life among children with non-verbal learning disabilities after applying the training program. (Author’s abstract)